--- title: Which action did the hare perform in order to obtain the lion's skin… — Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big… · tree and pragmatics description: Which action did the hare perform in order to obtain the lion's skin as a disguise? Exam question 1 of lesson 1670 «Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the hare tricks the lion, then the hyaenas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1670-pg5615-part59/e1/) [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/) / [Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1670-pg5615-part59/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h… Which action did the hare perform in order to obtain the lion's skin as a disguise? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** perform, obtain · **To what, where:** skin This is exam question 1 of lesson 1670 «Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the hare tricks the lion, then the hyaenas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1670-pg5615-part59/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e1:1 # text = Which action did the hare perform in order to obtain the lion's skin as a disguise? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 10 mark _ _ 8 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 fixed _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | which action | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the lion's skin | | | | as a disguise | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skin=Theme | 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 crawled in through the tail hole of the skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e1:o1:1 # text = He crawled in through the tail hole of the skin 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 crawled crawl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crawl** | past | He | | | the tail hole of the skin | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hole=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} He wore the skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e1:o2:1 # text = He wore the skin 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wore wear 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 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past | He | the skin | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent skin=Source | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He propped the mouth of the skin open with sticks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e1:o3:1 # text = He propped the mouth of the skin open with sticks 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 propped prop 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 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prop** | past | He | the mouth of the skin | | | | open *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He tied the skin around his waist ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e1:o4:1 # text = He tied the skin around his waist 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tied tie 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 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 around around 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 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | past | He | the skin | | his waist | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | **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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