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title: Did the fox get what he wanted from Blacky, or nah? — Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the fox get what he wanted from Blacky, or nah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1886 «Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Browny and Whitey, then fails at Blacky's brick house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Br…

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Did the fox get what he wanted from Blacky, or nah?

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

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1886 «Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Browny and Whitey, then fails at Blacky's brick house» 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/1886-pg7277-part23/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t12:1
# text = Did the fox get what he wanted from Blacky, or nah?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Blacky	Blacky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the fox |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **want** | past | fox |  |  | Blacky |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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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Nah, Blacky stayed safe in his brick house and the fox went home hungry

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, Blacky stayed safe in his brick house and the fox went home hungry
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Blacky	Blacky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Blacky |  |  | Blacky's brick house |  | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
| 2 | **go** | past | the fox |  |  |  |  | home, hungry *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, he got in through the back door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he got in through the back door
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	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get in** | past | he |  |  | the back door |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through door=Destination |

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

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Nah, Blacky stayed safe in his brick house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t12:o3:1
# text = Nah, Blacky stayed safe in his brick house
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Blacky	Blacky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Blacky |  |  | Blacky's brick house |  | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, Blacky stayed safe in his brick house with the door bolted tight all night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:t12:o4:1
# text = Nah, Blacky stayed safe in his brick house with the door bolted tight all night
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Blacky	Blacky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	bolted	bolt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Blacky |  |  | Blacky's brick house with the door | night | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
| 2 | **bolt** | participle |  | the door *not said here* |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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