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title: Dude, what did the bragger reckon about his Rhodes jump? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what did the bragger reckon about his Rhodes jump? Test 9 · ★ 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 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

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Dude, what did the bragger reckon about his Rhodes jump?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** reckon, jump

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t9:1
# text = Dude, what did the bragger reckon about his Rhodes jump?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bragger	bragger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	Rhodes	rhode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | Dude |  |  |  |  | about bragger's Rhodes | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 2 | **jump** | infinitive | Dude *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 {#o1}

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Nobody else could jump near that far, and the whole crowd saw him do it in the square

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t9:o1:1
# text = Nobody else could jump near that far, and the whole crowd saw him do it in the square
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
2	else	else	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | could | Nobody |  |  | that |  | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near that=Trajectory |
| 2 | **see** | past | the whole crowd | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** | infinitive | Nobody *not said here* | crowd |  | the square |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody else could jump near that far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t9:o2:1
# text = Nobody else could jump near that far
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
2	else	else	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | could | Nobody |  |  | that |  | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near that=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No one jumped that high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t9:o3:1
# text = No one jumped that high
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | past | no one |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody beat his leap, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t9:o4:1
# text = Nobody beat his leap, fam
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	beat	beat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | past | Nobody | his leap and fam |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leap=Theme |
| 2 | **leap** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom leap «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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