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title: yo, did the hare really trick Big Lion into a ditch or what? — Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the hare really trick Big Lion into a ditch or what? Test 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 of the question and of each o
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# Test 1 · ★ · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did the hare really trick Big Lion into a ditch or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, trick · **To what, where:** hare, Big Lion, ditch

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This is test 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:t1:1
# text = yo, did the hare really trick Big Lion into a ditch or what?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	trick	trick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **trick** | present |  | Big Lion |  |  |  | into a ditch *result* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lion=Patient into ditch=Result |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the lion just fell in by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:t1:o1:1
# text = No, the lion just fell in by accident
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | past | the lion |  |  |  |  | by accident | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by accident=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he played him, pretending the lion was dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he played him, pretending the lion was dead
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **pretend** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the lion |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he tricked the hyaenas into the pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he tricked the hyaenas into the pot
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hyaenas	hyaena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | he | the hyaenas |  |  |  | into the pot *result* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hyaena=Patient into pot=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he played him by pretending the lion was dead and then tied him to the stakes in the hut

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he played him by pretending the lion was dead and then tied him to the stakes in the hut
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	stakes	stake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **pretend** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the lion |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **tie** | past | he *not said here* | lion |  | the hut | then | to the stakes | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to stake=Co-Patient |

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