--- title: so the old wolf wanted to avenge his grandson, right? what did he say? — Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, par… · tree and pragmatics description: so the old wolf wanted to avenge his grandson, right? what did he say? Test 14 · ★ 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 p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1190-pg3027-part56/t14/) [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/) / [Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1190-pg3027-part56/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric… so the old wolf wanted to avenge his grandson, right? what did he say? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old wolf, wolf · **What happens:** want, avenge, say · **To what, where:** grandson · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t14:1 # text = so the old wolf wanted to avenge his grandson, right? what did he say? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 grandson grandson NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 right right INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the old wolf | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **avenge** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old wolf *not said here* | wolf's grandson | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | wolf | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 {#o1} "we shall find the mink" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t14:o1:1 # text = "we shall find the mink" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mink mink NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** *in a quote* | shall | we | the mink | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mink=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} "we will avenge him and bring the mink to justice" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t14:o2:1 # text = "we will avenge him and bring the mink to justice" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mink mink NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avenge** *in a quote* | future | we | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | the mink | | justice | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mink=Theme to justice=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} "we will punish them" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t14:o3:1 # text = "we will punish them" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** *in a quote* | future | we | them *= they* | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "we will avenge him" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t14:o4:1 # text = "we will avenge him" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avenge** *in a quote* | future | we | him *= he* | | | | | 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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