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title: Ha, what state were the fox's paws in after the bricks? — Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ha, what state were the fox's paws in after the bricks? Test 12 · ★ 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 choice was wro
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded…

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Ha, what state were the fox's paws in after the bricks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** paws, bricks

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t12:1
# text = Ha, what state were the fox's paws in after the bricks?
1	Ha	ha	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the fox's paws |  | the bricks |  |  | tree rules |

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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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All bloody, cut, and covered in deep scratches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t12:o1:1
# text = All bloody, cut, and covered in deep scratches
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	scratches	scratch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | infinitive | all bloody |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **cover** | participle | all bloody *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in deep scratches | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in scratch=Theme |

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

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All bleeding and sore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t12:o2:1
# text = All bleeding and sore
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	bleeding	bleeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Completely numb after the long cold winter night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t12:o3:1
# text = Completely numb after the long cold winter night
1	Completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Swollen and bruised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t12:o4:1
# text = Swollen and bruised
1	Swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bruised	bruise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bruise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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