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title: Was the wolf well sus when he met her in the wood? — Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the wolf well sus when he met her in the wood? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks t…

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Was the wolf well sus when he met her in the wood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf, he · **What happens:** be, meet · **To what, where:** sus, her, wood

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» 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/1426-pg503-part13/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t3:1
# text = Was the wolf well sus when he met her in the wood?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	csubj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the wolf | sus |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | past | he | her *= she* |  | the wood |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |

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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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Yes, he planned to eat her up before reaching the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, he planned to eat her up before reaching the house
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 3 | **reach** | gerund | he *not said here* | the house |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, he wanted her hood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, he wanted her hood
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hood	hood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | her hood |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hood=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, he was hungry too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, he was hungry too
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Yes, he wanted to eat her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, he wanted to eat her
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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