--- title: What happens if the Hedgehog flicks them off, the Fox said? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgeh… · tree and pragmatics description: What happens if the Hedgehog flicks them off, the Fox said? Test 7 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/396-pg21-part17/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refus… What happens if the Hedgehog flicks them off, the Fox said? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hedgehog, Fox · **What happens:** happen, flick off, say · **To what, where:** them · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t7:1 # text = What happens if the Hedgehog flicks them off, the Fox said? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Hedgehog Hedgehog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 flicks flick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **flick off** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the Hedgehog | them *= they* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The first flies will leave and a hungrier crowd will settle on him again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t7:o1:1 # text = The first flies will leave and a hungrier crowd will settle on him again 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 hungrier hungry ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | future | the first flies | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **settle** | future | a hungrier crowd | | | | again | on him *= he* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on he=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Hungrier flies roll in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t7:o2:1 # text = Hungrier flies roll in 1 Hungrier hungry ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 roll roll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll in** | present | Hungrier flies | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hungrier flies from the nearby marsh will swarm over the Fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t7:o3:1 # text = Hungrier flies from the nearby marsh will swarm over the Fox 1 Hungrier hungry ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 nearby nearby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 swarm swarm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swarm** | future | Hungrier flies from the nearby marsh | | | | | over the Fox | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fox=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Thirsty bees will arrive ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:t7:o4:1 # text = Thirsty bees will arrive 1 Thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | future | Thirsty bees | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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