--- title: Yo, what were the flies doing to the Fox? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgeh… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what were the flies doing to the Fox? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 396 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refuses a kind Hedgehog's offer to shoo away his flies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/396-pg21-part17/t3/) [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 Fox and the Hedgeh…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/396-pg21-part17/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refus… Yo, what were the flies doing to the Fox? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flies · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** flies This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 396 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refuses a kind Hedgehog's offer to shoo away his flies» 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/396-pg21-part17/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t3:1 # text = Yo, what were the flies doing to the Fox? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the flies | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the flies *not said here* | | | | | to the Fox | 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} Pushing him around ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t3:o1:1 # text = Pushing him around 1 Pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 around around ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push around** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | around *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Biting him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t3:o2:1 # text = Biting him 1 Biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tickling his ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t3:o3:1 # text = Tickling his ears 1 Tickling tickle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tickle** | gerund | | his ears | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Sucking him dry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t3:o4:1 # text = Sucking him dry 1 Sucking suck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suck** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | dry *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent he=Source | **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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