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title: Hang on, how did nine hundred blokes get killed by sheep? — Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hang on, how did nine hundred blokes get killed by sheep? Test 5 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forc…

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Hang on, how did nine hundred blokes get killed by sheep?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sheep · **What happens:** hang on, kill · **To what, where:** hundred blokes

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This is test 5 · ★ 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. 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t5:1
# text = Hang on, how did nine hundred blokes get killed by sheep?
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	blokes	bloke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang on** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kill** | past · passive · do-support | sheep | hundred blokes |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The venomous sheep were let loose from the tent by Big Eolgarg's lads that morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t5:o1:1
# text = The venomous sheep were let loose from the tent by Big Eolgarg's lads that morning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	loose	loose	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Eolgarg	Eolgarg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	det	_	_
16	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past · passive | Big Eolgarg's lads  that morning | the venomous sheep |  | the tent |  | loose *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The venomous sheep were let loose from a tent by Big Eolgarg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t5:o2:1
# text = The venomous sheep were let loose from a tent by Big Eolgarg
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	loose	loose	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
12	Eolgarg	Eolgarg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past · passive | Big | the venomous sheep |  | a tent |  | loose *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The venomous sheep were let loose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t5:o3:1
# text = The venomous sheep were let loose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past · passive |  | the venomous sheep |  |  |  | loose *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some lad let the sheep out early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t5:o4:1
# text = Some lad let the sheep out early
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let out** | past | some lad | the sheep |  |  |  | early, out *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme |

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