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title: Dude, the hare was so savage, he jeered at them and dipped! — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inab… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, the hare was so savage, he jeered at them and dipped! Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

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Dude, the hare was so savage, he jeered at them and dipped!

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude, hare · **What happens:** be, jeer, dip

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» 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/1375-pg4018-part35/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t2:1
# text = Dude, the hare was so savage, he jeered at them and dipped!
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	savage	savage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	jeered	jeer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Dude and the hare |  |  |  |  | savage *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **jeer** | past | hare |  |  |  |  | at Dude | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dip** | past | hare *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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What made the hare jeer at the crocs afterward?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t2:o1:1
# text = What made the hare jeer at the crocs afterward?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	jeer	jeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crocs	croc	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	afterward	afterward	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | the hare jeer |  | the crocs |  | afterward *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material jeer=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Why mock them?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t2:o2:1
# text = Why mock them?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	mock	mock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Why did the hare mock the crocs right after crossing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t2:o3:1
# text = Why did the hare mock the crocs right after crossing?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mock	mock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crocs	croc	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | past · do-support | the hare | the crocs |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croc=Theme |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | the hare *not said here* |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Why did the hare laugh at them after crossing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t2:o4:1
# text = Why did the hare laugh at them after crossing?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past · do-support | the hare |  |  |  |  | at them *= they* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | the hare *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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