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title: Which bloke was proper raging about his salt going missing? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which bloke was proper raging about his salt going missing? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

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Which bloke was proper raging about his salt going missing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bloke, salt · **What happens:** rage, go

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t5:1
# text = Which bloke was proper raging about his salt going missing?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** | past · progressive | which bloke |  |  |  |  | about bloke's salt; properly *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about salt=Location |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | bloke's salt *not said here* |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Merchant, totally raging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t5:o1:1
# text = The Merchant, totally raging
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Merchant	Merchant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** | gerund | the Merchant |  |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Lion, who was not best pleased about the missing salt at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t5:o2:1
# text = The Lion, who was not best pleased about the missing salt at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the Lion |  |  |  |  | about the missing salt at all; pleased, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Fox, grumpy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t5:o3:1
# text = The Fox, grumpy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Cock, sulking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t5:o4:1
# text = The Cock, sulking
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	sulking	sulk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | gerund | the Cock *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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