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title: Lol, what did the Boar do while the Fox was being a clown? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did the Boar do while the Fox was being a clown? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 366 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

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Lol, what did the Boar do while the Fox was being a clown?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fox · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** Boar, clown

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 366 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion» 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/366-pg19994-part5/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t12:1
# text = Lol, what did the Boar do while the Fox was being a clown?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Boar	Boar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **do** | past |  | the Boar |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the Fox | a clown |  |  |  |  | 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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Snoozing, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t12:o1:1
# text = Snoozing, mate
1	Snoozing	snooze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snooze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Still digging holes, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t12:o2:1
# text = Still digging holes, innit
1	Still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund |  | holes and innit |  |  | still |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Kept sharpening his tusks, like a boss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t12:o3:1
# text = Kept sharpening his tusks, like a boss
1	Kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sharpening	sharpen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sharpen** | gerund |  | his tusks |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tusk=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Watching the Fox, bruv, like a hawk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t12:o4:1
# text = Watching the Fox, bruv, like a hawk
1	Watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | the Fox and bruv |  |  |  | like a hawk | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme |

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