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title: Okay, the Hares were gonna jump off a cliff, proper? — Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, the Hares were gonna jump off a cliff, proper? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 393 «Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a bird begs for its life, a Cock argues, and many short animal tales follow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

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Okay, the Hares were gonna jump off a cliff, proper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hares · **What happens:** jump off · **To what, where:** cliff

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 393 «Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a bird begs for its life, a Cock argues, and many short animal 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/393-pg21-part14/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t2:1
# text = Okay, the Hares were gonna jump off a cliff, proper?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | past | the Hares | a cliff |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cliff=Trajectory |

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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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Yeah, they were fed up with fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they were fed up with fear
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | with fear | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they just wanted a dip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t2:o2:1
# text = Nah, they just wanted a dip
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dip	dip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they | a dip |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dip=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nah, they were only going to splash into the lake, not jump off a cliff at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, they were only going to splash into the lake, not jump off a cliff at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	splash	splash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **splash** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | the lake |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into lake=Destination |
| 3 | **not** **jump off** | infinitive | they *not said here* | a cliff |  | all |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cliff=Theme at all=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they were sick of always being scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they were sick of always being scared
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always, scared *property* | tree rules |

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