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title: yo bruh, what did the fox whisper to the wolf? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His C… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo bruh, what did the fox whisper to the wolf? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 700 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo bruh, what did the fox whisper to the wolf?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** fox whisper

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 700 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner» 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/700-pg2435-part40/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t1:1
# text = yo bruh, what did the fox whisper to the wolf?
1	yo	yo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	nsubj	_	_
2	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	whisper	whisper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | yo | the fox whisper |  |  |  | to the wolf | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whisper=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what they'd eat for dinner once he was gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t1:o1:1
# text = what they'd eat for dinner once he was gone
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | they |  |  |  |  | for dinner | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what they'd cook for lunch when he left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t1:o2:1
# text = what they'd cook for lunch when he left
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | would | they |  |  |  |  | for lunch | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent what=Material for lunch=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **leave** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what they'd eat for dinner, plus where the bear was hiding the stash

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t1:o3:1
# text = what they'd eat for dinner, plus where the bear was hiding the stash
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stash	stash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | they |  |  |  |  | for dinner | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | past · progressive | the bear | the stash |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stash=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how they'd split the snow-shoes and then eat the crow for dinner once he was gone

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t1:o4:1
# text = how they'd split the snow-shoes and then eat the crow for dinner once he was gone
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	split	split	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | would | they | the snow shoes |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | they *not said here* | the crow |  |  | then | for dinner | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | crow |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

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