--- title: Wagwan, what did the Tortoise say he'd do? — Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Torto… · tree and pragmatics description: Wagwan, what did the Tortoise say he'd do? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/384-pg21-part5/t9/) [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 Hare and the Torto…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/384-pg21-part5/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare… Wagwan, what did the Tortoise say he'd do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Wagwan, Tortoise · **What happens:** do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t9:1 # text = Wagwan, what did the Tortoise say he'd do? 1 Wagwan Wagwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Wagwan | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Tortoise | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | would | Tortoise | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} outrun the Owl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t9:o1:1 # text = outrun the Owl 1 outrun outrun VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Owl Owl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **outrun** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Owl | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} beat the Hare ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t9:o2:1 # text = beat the Hare 1 beat beat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Hare | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hare=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} race the Fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t9:o3:1 # text = race the Fox 1 race race VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Fox | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} win ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:t9:o4:1 # text = win 1 win win VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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