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title: What did the Hedgehog propose to the Fox regarding the horseflies? — Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Hedgehog propose to the Fox regarding the horseflies? Exam question 1 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool…

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What did the Hedgehog propose to the Fox regarding the horseflies?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hedgehog · **What happens:** propose, regard · **To what, where:** Fox

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/155-pg11339-part25/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e1:1
# text = What did the Hedgehog propose to the Fox regarding the horseflies?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
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	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horseflies	horsefly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past · do-support | the Hedgehog |  | the Fox regard the horseflies |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Theme to fox=Recipient |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To drive the flies away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e1:o1:1
# text = To drive the flies away
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive away** | to-infinitive |  | the flies |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To catch the flies quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e1:o2:1
# text = To catch the flies quickly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive |  | the flies |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To trap them in a jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e1:o3:1
# text = To trap them in a jar
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trap	trap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  | a jar |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in jar=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To kill the flies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e1:o4:1
# text = To kill the flies
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	kill	kill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | to-infinitive |  | the flies |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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