--- title: no way the fox starved in his hole, bruh? — African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and t… · tree and pragmatics description: no way the fox starved in his hole, bruh? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1259 «African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and the Monkey, part 60: the tortoise tricks the fox and the stag, and the monkey cheats the barber and the villagers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1259-pg3282-part60/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1259-pg3282-part60/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and the Monkey, part 60:… no way the fox starved in his hole, bruh? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** starve · **To what, where:** way, hole This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1259 «African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and the Monkey, part 60: the tortoise tricks the fox and the stag, and the monkey cheats the barber and the villagers» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1259-pg3282-part60/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1259-pg3282-part60:t2:1 # text = no way the fox starved in his hole, bruh? 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 starved starve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** | past | the fox | no way | | fox's hole | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} nah, he ate well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1259-pg3282-part60:t2:o1:1 # text = nah, he ate well 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | he | | | | | well *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} he did not, the fox got fed by the monkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1259-pg3282-part60:t2:o2:1 # text = he did not, the fox got fed by the monkey 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feed** | past · passive | the monkey | the fox | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he did, the tortoise never brought him a bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1259-pg3282-part60:t2:o3:1 # text = he did, the tortoise never brought him a bird 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **bring** | past | the tortoise | a bird | him *= he* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination bird=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, the tortoise brought him fruit each day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1259-pg3282-part60:t2:o4:1 # text = nah, the tortoise brought him fruit each day 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | the tortoise | fruit | him *= he* | | day | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination fruit=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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