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title: So what did the hare actually do to the Tanuki's boat, like? — pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what did the hare actually do to the Tanuki's boat, like? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 1 · ★ · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th…

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So what did the hare actually do to the Tanuki's boat, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hare · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** hare

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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/1618-pg5615-part7/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t1:1
# text = So what did the hare actually do to the Tanuki's boat, like?
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	5	det	_	_
5	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | the hare *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Tanuki's boat; actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1}

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Cracked it open with his oar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t1:o1:1
# text = Cracked it open with his oar
1	Cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	oar	oar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past |  | it |  |  |  | with his oar; open *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with oar=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Broke it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t1:o2:1
# text = Broke it
1	Broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Smashed it in two with his oar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t1:o3:1
# text = Smashed it in two with his oar
1	Smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	oar	oar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | past |  | it |  | two |  | with his oar | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in two=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Smashed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t1:o4:1
# text = Smashed it
1	Smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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