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title: Wait, why'd the Hare say yes to the race, innit? — Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Torto… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why'd the Hare say yes to the race, innit? Test 3 · ★ 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; 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, why'd the Hare say yes to the race, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Hare · **What happens:** wait, say, innit · **To what, where:** race · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t3:1
# text = Wait, why'd the Hare say yes to the race, innit?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the Hare |  | the race |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to race=Recipient |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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He reckoned the Tortoise was too slow to be any real challenge at all for him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t3:o1:1
# text = He reckoned the Tortoise was too slow to be any real challenge at all for him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckoned	reckon	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	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	challenge	challenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | He |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Tortoise |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the Tortoise *not said here* | any real challenge |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted to show off his speed to the whole wood and to the Fox there

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t3:o2:1
# text = He wanted to show off his speed to the whole wood and to the Fox there
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	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **show off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his speed | the whole wood and the Fox |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent speed=Topic to wood=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He reckoned it was impossible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t3:o3:1
# text = He reckoned it was impossible
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He thought he would easily win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t3:o4:1
# text = He thought he would easily win
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	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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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** | would | he |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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