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title: yo the wolves just bolted off, where to? — Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo the wolves just bolted off, where to? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

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yo the wolves just bolted off, where to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** bolt off · **To what, where:** wolves

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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/1190-pg3027-part56/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t12:1
# text = yo the wolves just bolted off, where to?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bolted	bolt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	obl:agent	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bolt off** | participle · passive |  | the wolves |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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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}

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To the rocky shore down by the sea where their canoes were parked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t12:o1:1
# text = To the rocky shore down by the sea where their canoes were parked
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	canoes	canoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	parked	park	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **park** | past · passive |  | their canoes |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To the shore where the boats sat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t12:o2:1
# text = To the shore where the boats sat
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the boats |  |  |  |  | to the shore | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To the sandy beach where all of their canoes were kept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t12:o3:1
# text = To the sandy beach where all of their canoes were kept
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	canoes	canoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · passive |  | all |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To the beach where the canoes were

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t12:o4:1
# text = To the beach where the canoes were
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	canoes	canoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the canoes | the beach *not said here* |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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