--- title: yo did the Fox even stay to hear the news or nah? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock,… · tree and pragmatics description: yo did the Fox even stay to hear the news or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 370 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs off, the Cock wins, and more beast tales follow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/370-pg19994-part9/t1/) [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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/370-pg19994-part9/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs… yo did the Fox even stay to hear the news or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** do, stay, hear · **To what, where:** Fox, news This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 370 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs off, the Cock wins, and more beast tales follow» 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/370-pg19994-part9/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t1:1 # text = yo did the Fox even stay to hear the news or nah? 1 yo you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 nah nah INTJ UH _ 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | yo | the Fox | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | | 2 | **stay** | infinitive | yo *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | to-infinitive | yo *not said here* | the news | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus | 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} yeah, he stayed to listen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t1:o1:1 # text = yeah, he stayed to listen 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nah, he bounced fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t1:o2:1 # text = nah, he bounced fast 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bounced bounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bounce** | past | he | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he chilled for a bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t1:o3:1 # text = nah, he chilled for a bit 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chilled chill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chill** | past | he | | | | | for a bit | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} yep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t1:o4:1 # text = yep 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 0 root _ _ ``` 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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