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title: ngl the hornet got the fox three times? — Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the hornet got the fox three times? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 4 · ★ · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the…

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ngl the hornet got the fox three times?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl hornet · **What happens:** ngl, get · **To what, where:** fox

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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/735-pg2591-part11/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t4:1
# text = ngl the hornet got the fox three times?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hornet	hornet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | the ngl hornet | the fox |  |  | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fox=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, at the third one the fox screamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, at the third one the fox screamed
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | the fox | the third one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, at the second one the fox ran

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, at the second one the fox ran
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the fox | the second one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the fox stung the hornet twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t4:o3:1
# text = nah, the fox stung the hornet twice
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hornet	hornet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | past | the fox | the hornet |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hornet=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the hornet stung him again and again until the fox finally screamed loudly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, the hornet stung him again and again until the fox finally screamed loudly
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hornet	hornet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | past | the hornet | him *= he* |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | the fox |  |  |  |  | finally, loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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