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title: In what manner did Blacky conceal himself from the pursuing fox? — Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey:… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did Blacky conceal himself from the pursuing fox? Exam question 3 of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded…

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In what manner did Blacky conceal himself from the pursuing fox?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Blacky · **What happens:** conceal · **To what, where:** Blacky, manner

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» 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/1887-pg7277-part24/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:e3:1
# text = In what manner did Blacky conceal himself from the pursuing fox?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Blacky	Blacky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	pursuing	pursuing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past · do-support | Blacky | Blacky |  | what manner |  | from the pursuing fox | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from fox=Beneficiary |

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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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Crouched behind the big rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:e3:o1:1
# text = Crouched behind the big rock
1	Crouched	crouch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crouch** | participle |  |  |  | the big rock |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind rock=Location |

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

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Entirely hidden within the kettle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:e3:o2:1
# text = Entirely hidden within the kettle
1	Entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | within the kettle; entirely *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In the pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:e3:o3:1
# text = In the pot
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tucked under the old hay bales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:e3:o4:1
# text = Tucked under the old hay bales
1	Tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bales	bale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | participle |  |  |  | the old hay bales |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent under bale=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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