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title: was the fox proper gutted about the cub or about not getting her own… — Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox:… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the fox proper gutted about the cub or about not getting her own back? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th…

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was the fox proper gutted about the cub or about not getting her own back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, gut, not get · **To what, where:** fox, own back

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» 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/402-pg21-part23/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t4:1
# text = was the fox proper gutted about the cub or about not getting her own back?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the fox |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | participle · passive |  | the fox |  |  |  | about the cub; properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **not** **get** | gerund |  | fox's own back |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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not getting paid back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t4:o1:1
# text = not getting paid back
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pay back** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the cub

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t4:o2:1
# text = the cub
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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losing her cub mostly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t4:o3:1
# text = losing her cub mostly
1	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  | her cub |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Eventuality |

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

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not getting her own back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t4:o4:1
# text = not getting her own back
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | gerund |  | her own back |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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