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title: so what did the hare stash in his pocket? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of t… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what did the hare stash in his pocket? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1617 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t…

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so what did the hare stash in his pocket?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** hare stash, pocket

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1617 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back» 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/1617-pg5615-part6/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t12:1
# text = so what did the hare stash in his pocket?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stash	stash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the hare stash |  | his pocket |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stash=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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an ointment with pepper, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t12:o1:1
# text = an ointment with pepper, bro
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little jar of ointment mixed with ground pepper and salt, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t12:o2:1
# text = a little jar of ointment mixed with ground pepper and salt, bro
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | a little jar of ointment *not said here* |  |  |  | with ground pepper and salt and bro | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with pepper=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a folded map and a sharp little knife for the trip, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t12:o3:1
# text = a folded map and a sharp little knife for the trip, no cap
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fold** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a jar of dried herbs, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t12:o4:1
# text = a jar of dried herbs, lol
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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