--- title: the dogs were going mad with barking, mate, ya couldn't sneak past t… — Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox… · tree and pragmatics description: the dogs were going mad with barking, mate, ya couldn't sneak past them Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1144 «Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10: the hungry wolf and the cunning fox plan a feast of cheese, and the fox tricks the wolf into the bucket» of the books course of Mova's primar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1144-pg3027-part10/t5/) [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/) / [Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1144-pg3027-part10/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10… the dogs were going mad with barking, mate, ya couldn't sneak past them **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dogs, ya · **What happens:** go, bark, not sneak This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1144 «Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10: the hungry wolf and the cunning fox plan a feast of cheese, and the fox tricks the wolf into the bucket» 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/1144-pg3027-part10/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t5:1 # text = the dogs were going mad with barking, mate, ya couldn't sneak past them 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 5 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 barking bark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ya you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 sneak sneak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 15 past past ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | the dogs | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bark** | gerund | | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **sneak** | could | ya | | | | | past dogs *= dog* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory | 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} so they hid in the shadow till it stopped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t5:o1:1 # text = so they hid in the shadow till it stopped 1 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | they | | | the shadow | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shadow=Location | | 2 | **stop** | past | shadow | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} so they waited behind the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t5:o2:1 # text = so they waited behind the wall 1 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 behind behind ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | they | | | the wall | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind wall=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} so they barked back at the dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t5:o3:1 # text = so they barked back at the dogs 1 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark back** | past | they | | | | | at the dogs | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at dog=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} they crept past when no one looked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t5:o4:1 # text = they crept past when no one looked 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 past past ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past | they | | | | | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | no one | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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