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title: Mate, did the chickens actually believe the fox's cave was the short… — English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did the chickens actually believe the fox's cave was the short way? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tr…

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Mate, did the chickens actually believe the fox's cave was the short way?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, chickens, cave · **What happens:** do, believe, be · **To what, where:** short way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland» 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/1960-pg7439-part19/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t1:1
# text = Mate, did the chickens actually believe the fox's cave was the short way?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Mate |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | present | the chickens |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the fox's cave | the short way |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Aye, they walked straight in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t1:o1:1
# text = Aye, they walked straight in
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | they |  |  |  |  | straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Naw, they knew better now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t1:o2:1
# text = Naw, they knew better now
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | they |  |  |  | now | Naw *vocative*; good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Naw, they saw the fox's tail and ran back out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t1:o3:1
# text = Naw, they saw the fox's tail and ran back out
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	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	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Naw | the fox's tail |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tail=Stimulus |
| 2 | **run back** | past | Naw *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aye, they walked straight in, every single one of them, singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t1:o4:1
# text = Aye, they walked straight in, every single one of them, singing
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | they | every single one of them |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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