--- title: Explain how the dog dispatched the venomous sheep and the duration t… — Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Explain how the dog dispatched the venomous sheep and the duration the operation required to complete. Exam question 4 of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» of the books course of Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1069-pg2892-part37/e4/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1069-pg2892-part37/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forc… Explain how the dog dispatched the venomous sheep and the duration the operation required to complete. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dog · **What happens:** explain, dispatch, require, complete · **To what, where:** venomous sheep, operation · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1069-pg2892-part37/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e4:1 # text = Explain how the dog dispatched the venomous sheep and the duration the operation required to complete. 1 Explain explain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 dispatched dispatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 venomous venomous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 14 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 complete complete VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **dispatch** | past | the dog | the venomous sheep and the duration | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **require** | participle | | the operation *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 4 | **complete** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: 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} Bite, done fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e4:o1:1 # text = Bite, done fast 1 Bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | | | | | fast *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Jump and chop, complete in ten minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e4:o2:1 # text = Jump and chop, complete in ten minutes 1 Jump jump NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 chop chop NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Leap and snap, dragged out for hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e4:o3:1 # text = Leap and snap, dragged out for hours 1 Leap leap VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 snap snap VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **snap** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **drag out** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | hour | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Chop and bite, done in an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e4:o4:1 # text = Chop and bite, done in an hour 1 Chop chop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 bite bite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **bite** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | hour | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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