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title: Yo, what did Lady Mary hide behind so Mr. Fox wouldn't see? — English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what did Lady Mary hide behind so Mr. Fox wouldn't see? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1965 «English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part 1: Mr. Fox is cut to pieces, Lazy Jack wins a bride, and a cake escapes from the oven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part 1: Mr. Fox is cut t…

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Yo, what did Lady Mary hide behind so Mr. Fox wouldn't see?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lady Mary, Mr. Fox · **What happens:** hide behind, not see

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1965 «English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part 1: Mr. Fox is cut to pieces, Lazy Jack wins a bride, and a cake escapes from the oven» 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/1965-pg7439-part24/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:t6:1
# text = Yo, what did Lady Mary hide behind so Mr. Fox wouldn't see?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide behind** | past · do-support | Lady Mary |  |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **see** | would | Mr. Fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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a barrel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:t6:o1:1
# text = a barrel
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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a cask

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:t6:o2:1
# text = a cask
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cask	cask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:t6:o3:1
# text = a box
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	box	box	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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a chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:t6:o4:1
# text = a chair
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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