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title: Bare dumb move, but why did the Hare nap? — Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Torto… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bare dumb move, but why did the Hare nap? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 384 «Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare loses a race to a slow but steady Tortoise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare…

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Bare dumb move, but why did the Hare nap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Hare nap

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 384 «Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare loses a race to a slow but steady Tortoise» 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/384-pg21-part5/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t10:1
# text = Bare dumb move, but why did the Hare nap?
1	Bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Hare nap |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Eventuality |

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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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He thought he was miles ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t10:o1:1
# text = He thought he was miles ahead
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
6	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | miles |  |  |  | ahead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t10:o2:1
# text = He was tired
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He wanted a rest because he had run too fast at the very start and felt tired

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t10:o3:1
# text = He wanted a rest because he had run too fast at the very start and felt tired
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a rest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** *not said to happen* | past · perfect | he |  |  | the start |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at start=Trajectory |
| 3 | **feel** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He thought the race was already won and he could rest for a long while without any worry at all

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t10:o4:1
# text = He thought the race was already won and he could rest for a long while without any worry at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	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	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | past · passive |  | the race |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **rest** | could | race |  |  | all | while | without any worry | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent at all=Location |

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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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