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title: the Peacock flexed his tail at the Crane, cringe, right? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock,… · tree and pragmatics
description: the Peacock flexed his tail at the Crane, cringe, right? Test 11 · ★ 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
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# Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…

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the Peacock flexed his tail at the Crane, cringe, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peacock · **What happens:** flex · **To what, where:** tail, Crane

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t11:1
# text = the Peacock flexed his tail at the Crane, cringe, right?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flexed	flex	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flex** | past | the Peacock | Peacock's tail |  | the Crane and cringe |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

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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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yep, the Crane flew off higher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t11:o1:1
# text = yep, the Crane flew off higher
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Crane	Crane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past | the Crane |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nah, the Crane was impressed and bowed to the Peacock's fancy show

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t11:o2:1
# text = nah, the Crane was impressed and bowed to the Peacock's fancy show
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Crane	Crane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	impressed	impressed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	bowed	bow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Peacock	Peacock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Crane |  |  |  |  | impressed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bow** | participle | the Crane *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Peacock's fancy show | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to show=Theme |
| 3 | **show** |  | the Peacock |  |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yep, the Crane just flew way higher than the Peacock's tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t11:o3:1
# text = yep, the Crane just flew way higher than the Peacock's tail
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Crane	Crane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Peacock	Peacock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | the Crane | way |  |  |  | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the Crane flew way higher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t11:o4:1
# text = yep, the Crane flew way higher
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Crane	Crane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | the Crane | way |  |  |  | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |

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