--- title: Which character, having outrun an old man, an old woman and a little… — English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character, having outrun an old man, an old woman and a little boy, was finally seized by the fox? Exam question 1 of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1966-pg7439-part25/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1966-pg7439-part25/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is e… Which character, having outrun an old man, an old woman and a little boy, was finally seized by the fox? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** character, fox · **What happens:** outrun, seize · **To what, where:** old man, character This is exam question 1 of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» 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/1966-pg7439-part25/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e1:1 # text = Which character, having outrun an old man, an old woman and a little boy, was finally seized by the fox? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 outrun outrun VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 finally finally ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **outrun** | gerund · perfect | which character *not said here* | a old man and a little boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seize** | past · passive | the fox | which character | | | | finally *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | 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 {#o1} the old man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e1:o1:1 # text = the old man 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e1:o2:1 # text = Fox 1 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Bear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e1:o3:1 # text = Bear 1 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Johnny-cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e1:o4:1 # text = Johnny-cake 1 Johnny Johnny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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