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title: Bruv, what's the big lesson of the Lion and Bear story? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what's the big lesson of the Lion and Bear story? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 142 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox…

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Bruv, what's the big lesson of the Lion and Bear story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big lesson

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 142 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded» 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/142-pg11339-part12/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t3:1
# text = Bruv, what's the big lesson of the Lion and Bear story?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the big lesson |  |  |  | of the Lion story; Bruv *vocative* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never fight over anything with a mate, or the sneaky Fox will take the whole lot

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t3:o1:1
# text = Never fight over anything with a mate, or the sneaky Fox will take the whole lot
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	fight	fight	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fight** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over anything | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over anything=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | future | the sneaky Fox | the whole lot |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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If you fight over stuff, the sneaky Fox will nick it while you're knackered

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t3:o2:1
# text = If you fight over stuff, the sneaky Fox will nick it while you're knackered
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	nick	nick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | over stuff | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over stuff=Theme |
| 2 | **nick** | future | the sneaky Fox | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **knacker** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Teamwork always beats the Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t3:o3:1
# text = Teamwork always beats the Fox
1	Teamwork	teamwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	beats	beat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | present | Teamwork | the Fox |  |  |  | always *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fox=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Fighting just helps the sneaky Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:t3:o4:1
# text = Fighting just helps the sneaky Fox
1	Fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **help** | present |  |  | the sneaky Fox |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Beneficiary |

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