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title: What got the Gnat in the end? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What got the Gnat in the end? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

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What got the Gnat in the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** Gnat, end

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t8:1
# text = What got the Gnat in the end?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Gnat	Gnat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | the Gnat |  |  | in the end |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gnat=Stimulus |

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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 gust of wind that blew him into the river, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t8:o1:1
# text = A gust of wind that blew him into the river, lol
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | wind | him *= he* |  | the river |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent he=Material into river=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bird, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t8:o2:1
# text = A bird, mate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Lion's paw, which squashed him flat in the grass, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t8:o3:1
# text = The Lion's paw, which squashed him flat in the grass, lol
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	squashed	squash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | participle · passive |  | the Lion's paw |  | the grass |  | flat *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A spider's web, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t8:o4:1
# text = A spider's web, lol
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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