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title: What was the outcome of the jackal's trick upon his companions at th… — Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panth… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome of the jackal's trick upon his companions at the melon garden? Exam question 3 of lesson 1163 «Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tight shoes and the greyhound in sheep's wool» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 3 · Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tig…

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What was the outcome of the jackal's trick upon his companions at the melon garden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** jackal · **What happens:** be, trick · **To what, where:** outcome

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1163 «Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tight shoes and the greyhound in sheep's wool» 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/1163-pg3027-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e3:1
# text = What was the outcome of the jackal's trick upon his companions at the melon garden?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	melon	melon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of the jackal's trick upon jackal's companions at the melon garden | tree rules |
| 2 | **trick** |  | the jackal |  |  |  |  | upon jackal's companions at the melon garden | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They fled, leaving their tails behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = They fled, leaving their tails behind
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | They *not said here* | their tails |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They ate the melons instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = They ate the melons instead
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	melons	melon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | They | the melons |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent melon=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They fled and hid in shame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = They fled and hid in shame
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | They *not said here* |  |  | shame |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shame=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They fled in panic, leaving their tails tied together behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = They fled in panic, leaving their tails tied together behind
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	panic	panic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | They |  |  | panic |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | They *not said here* | their tails |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tie** | participle | their tails *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind, together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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