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title: bro, how'd the peasant catch that sneaky Tanuki? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of t… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, how'd the peasant catch that sneaky Tanuki? Test 5 · ★ 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 choi
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# Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro, how'd the peasant catch that sneaky Tanuki?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t5:1
# text = bro, how'd the peasant catch that sneaky Tanuki?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	peasant	peasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he hid and then tied its tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t5:o1:1
# text = he hid and then tied its tail
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tie** | past | he *not said here* | its tail |  |  | then |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he hid and tied up its legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t5:o2:1
# text = he hid and tied up its legs
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he | its legs |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **tie up** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he chased it into the woods and dropped a net right on top of it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t5:o3:1
# text = he chased it into the woods and dropped a net right on top of it
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | he | it |  | the woods |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into wood=Trajectory |
| 2 | **drop** | past | he *not said here* | a net |  | top of top |  | right *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent net=Theme on top=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he hid behind the door and tied all four of its legs together tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t5:o4:1
# text = he hid behind the door and tied all four of its legs together tight
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
14	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he |  |  | the door |  | tight, together *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location |
| 2 | **tie** | past | he *not said here* | all four of door's legs |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent four=Patient |

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