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title: lol the jackal opened the sack and saw the greyhound, right? — Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the J… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the jackal opened the sack and saw the greyhound, right? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 7 · ★ · Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the…

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lol the jackal opened the sack and saw the greyhound, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jackal · **What happens:** open, see · **To what, where:** sack, greyhound

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t7:1
# text = lol the jackal opened the sack and saw the greyhound, right?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | the jackal | the sack |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sack=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | the jackal *not said here* | the greyhound |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer greyhound=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he saw the greyhound's teeth and the sheep's tail inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t7:o1:1
# text = nope, he saw the greyhound's teeth and the sheep's tail inside
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
14	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | the greyhound's teeth |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, a sheep was inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t7:o2:1
# text = yup, a sheep was inside
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | yup |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, two eyes staring back at him from inside the sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t7:o3:1
# text = yup, two eyes staring back at him from inside the sack
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
5	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare back** | gerund | two eyes *not said here* |  |  | the sack |  | at him *= he* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, two eyes staring back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t7:o4:1
# text = yup, two eyes staring back
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
5	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare back** | gerund | two eyes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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