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title: Did the other dogs like him or were they sulking? — Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the other dogs like him or were they sulking? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1050 «Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked boy among the fighting hounds and takes him home as his own» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 7 · ★ · Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked…

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Did the other dogs like him or were they sulking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dogs · **What happens:** do, sulk · **To what, where:** other dogs

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1050 «Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked boy among the fighting hounds and takes him home as his own» 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/1050-pg2892-part18/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t7:1
# text = Did the other dogs like him or were they sulking?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sulking	sulk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the other dogs |  |  |  | like him *= he* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sulk** | past · progressive | dogs *= dog* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

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They were mad for him, and the five wise hounds whipped any dog that messed about

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t7:o1:1
# text = They were mad for him, and the five wise hounds whipped any dog that messed about
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	whipped	whip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	messed	mess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	about	about	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | for him *= he*; mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **whip** | past | the five wise hounds | any dog |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent dog=Material |
| 3 | **mess about** | past | any dog |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Some were jealous, but the five wise hounds kept the rest quiet and in line with him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t7:o2:1
# text = Some were jealous, but the five wise hounds kept the rest quiet and in line with him
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Some |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the five wise hounds | the rest |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They loved him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t7:o3:1
# text = They loved him
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were jealous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1050-pg2892-part18:t7:o4:1
# text = They were jealous
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |

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