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title: Farmer set the fox's tail on fire, sick! Where'd the fox run? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Farmer set the fox's tail on fire, sick! Where'd the fox run? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 394 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs from a peg, pretends to be dead, and fails to lure the Mice out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs…

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Farmer set the fox's tail on fire, sick! Where'd the fox run?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Farmer · **What happens:** set · **To what, where:** tail, fire

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 394 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs from a peg, pretends to be dead, and fails to lure the Mice out» 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/394-pg21-part15/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Farmer set the fox's tail on fire, sick!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t10:1
# text = Farmer set the fox's tail on fire, sick!
1	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | Farmer | the fox's tail |  | fire |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme on fire=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Where'd the fox run?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t10:2
# text = Where'd the fox run?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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into the farmer's wheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t10:o1:1
# text = into the farmer's wheat
1	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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into the farmer's wheat fields where the harvest was stored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t10:o2:1
# text = into the farmer's wheat fields where the harvest was stored
1	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | past · passive |  | the harvest |  | the farmer's wheat fields |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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across the village green

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t10:o3:1
# text = across the village green
1	across	across	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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straight into the farmer's wheat and set the whole field alight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t10:o4:1
# text = straight into the farmer's wheat and set the whole field alight
1	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	alight	alight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past |  | the whole field |  |  |  | alight, straight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient field=Result |

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