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title: Innit the hare the clever one here? What did she tell the lion? — Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit the hare the clever one here? What did she tell the lion? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1284 «Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey tells the shark how a greedy donkey was tricked by a hare and a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 3 · ★ · Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey…

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Innit the hare the clever one here? What did she tell the lion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, hare · **What happens:** innit, tell · **To what, where:** hare, lion · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1284 «Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey tells the shark how a greedy donkey was tricked by a hare and a lion» 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/1284-pg3454-part9/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Innit the hare the clever one here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t3:1
# text = Innit the hare the clever one here?
1	Innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hare |  | here |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did she tell the lion?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t3:2
# text = What did she tell the lion?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | hare |  | the lion |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient lion=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That she wanted to see him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t3:o1:1
# text = That she wanted to see him
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the donkey really fancied him and wanted to marry him as soon as possible

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t3:o2:1
# text = That the donkey really fancied him and wanted to marry him as soon as possible
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fancied	fancy	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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past | that donkey | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | past | that donkey *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that donkey *not said here* | donkey |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the donkey fancied him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t3:o3:1
# text = That the donkey fancied him
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past | that donkey | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the donkey was hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t3:o4:1
# text = That the donkey was hungry
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that donkey |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

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