--- title: Honestly, what did the Hunter say the hare was meant as? — Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Ea… · tree and pragmatics description: Honestly, what did the Hunter say the hare was meant as? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/157-pg11339-part27/t14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Ea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/157-pg11339-part27/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogu… Honestly, what did the Hunter say the hare was meant as? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hunter · **What happens:** say, mean · **To what, where:** hare · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» 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/157-pg11339-part27/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t14:1 # text = Honestly, what did the Hunter say the hare was meant as? 1 Honestly honestly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Hunter Hunter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Hunter | | | | | honestly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | past · passive | | the hare | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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} A payment for the horse he had already ridden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t14:o1:1 # text = A payment for the horse he had already ridden 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 already already ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past · perfect | horse | a payment for the horse *not said here* | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} A prize ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t14:o2:1 # text = A prize 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A present ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t14:o3:1 # text = A present 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A reward ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t14:o4:1 # text = A reward 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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