--- title: wait, how did the hare set the Tanuki's back on fire? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of t… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, how did the hare set the Tanuki's back on fire? Test 13 · ★ 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' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1617-pg5615-part6/t13/) [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/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1617-pg5615-part6/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t… wait, how did the hare set the Tanuki's back on fire? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, hare · **What happens:** wait, be, set · **To what, where:** back, fire This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t13:1 # text = wait, how did the hare set the Tanuki's back on fire? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tanuki Tanuki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | past | the hare | the Tanuki's back | | fire | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme on fire=Destination | 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 {#o1} he rubbed two sticks, sneaky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t13:o1:1 # text = he rubbed two sticks, sneaky 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | past | he | two sticks | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he set fire to the pile of straw on the Tanuki's back, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t13:o2:1 # text = he set fire to the pile of straw on the Tanuki's back, bro 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Tanuki Tanuki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | he | fire | | the Tanuki's back and bro | | to the pile of straw | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme on back=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} he used a flint, lol, sneaky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t13:o3:1 # text = he used a flint, lol, sneaky 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 flint flint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 lol lol INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | he | a flint | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flint=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he set the wood alight, sneaky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t13:o4:1 # text = he set the wood alight, sneaky 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 alight alight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | he | the wood | | | | alight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient wood=Result | **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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