--- title: What was the outcome of the cow's refusal to heed the boy's counsel? — Folk Tales, How Some Wild Animals Beca… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the outcome of the cow's refusal to heed the boy's counsel? Exam question 4 of lesson 1233 «Folk Tales, How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones, part 34: a boy warns the animals on the way to the miller's wedding, and they ignore him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1233-pg3282-part34/e4/) [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, How Some Wild Animals Beca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1233-pg3282-part34/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Folk Tales, How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones, part 3… What was the outcome of the cow's refusal to heed the boy's counsel? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cow · **What happens:** be, heed, refuse · **To what, where:** outcome, counsel This is exam question 4 of lesson 1233 «Folk Tales, How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones, part 34: a boy warns the animals on the way to the miller's wedding, and they ignore him» 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/1233-pg3282-part34/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e4:1 # text = What was the outcome of the cow's refusal to heed the boy's counsel? 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 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 heed heed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the outcome | | | | of the cow's refusal | tree rules | | 2 | **heed** | to-infinitive | | the boy's counsel | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 3 | **refuse** | | the cow | | | | | | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} the miller caught the cow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e4:o1:1 # text = the miller caught the cow 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | the miller | the cow | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the boy's words proved true ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e4:o2:1 # text = the boy's words proved true 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | past | the boy's words | | | | | true *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **word** | | the boy | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} the cow was dragged home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e4:o3:1 # text = the cow was dragged home 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag** | past · passive | | the cow | | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the cow was caught in the trap and the boy's words proved true ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e4:o4:1 # text = the cow was caught in the trap and the boy's words proved true 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · passive | | the cow | | the trap | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **prove** | past | the boy's words | | | | | true *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **word** | | the boy | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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