--- title: fam, why was the sheep acting all dramatic with her tail? — Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the J… · tree and pragmatics description: fam, why was the sheep acting all dramatic with her tail? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1165 «Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the jackal cheats the sheep over the grain, and the greyhound is called in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t4/) [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/) / [Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the J…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the… fam, why was the sheep acting all dramatic with her tail? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fam · **What happens:** act · **To what, where:** dramatic This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1165 «Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the jackal cheats the sheep over the grain, and the greyhound is called in» 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/1165-pg3027-part31/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t4:1 # text = fam, why was the sheep acting all dramatic with her tail? 1 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 dramatic dramatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | past · progressive | fam | all dramatic | | | | with fam's tail | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent dramatic=Eventuality | 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} to trick the jackal away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t4:o1:1 # text = to trick the jackal away 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 trick trick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick away** | to-infinitive | | the jackal | | | | away *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jackal=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} to pretend she was crying for help ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t4:o2:1 # text = to pretend she was crying for help 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | she | | | | | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} to fake being sad for the greyhound so he would come help her quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t4:o3:1 # text = to fake being sad for the greyhound so he would come help her quickly 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fake fake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 12 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fake** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | for the greyhound; sad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | would | greyhound | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **help** | infinitive | greyhound *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | quickly *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to fake being sad for the greyhound ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t4:o4:1 # text = to fake being sad for the greyhound 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fake fake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fake** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | for the greyhound; sad *property* | tree rules | **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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