--- title: so the wolf wasn't totally dumb tho right? — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of… · tree and pragmatics description: so the wolf wasn't totally dumb tho right? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1294-pg3454-part19/t8/) [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/) / [More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1294-pg3454-part19/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part… so the wolf wasn't totally dumb tho right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** not be, be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» 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/1294-pg3454-part19/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t8:1 # text = so the wolf wasn't totally dumb tho right? 1 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 totally totally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 tho tho ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the wolf | | | | | dumb, totally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the wolf *not said here* | | | | | tho *property* | tree rules | 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} Yeah he was dumb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah he was dumb 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | dumb *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nah he knew what was going on ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t8:o2:1 # text = Nah he knew what was going on 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go on** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah he tricked the farmers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah he tricked the farmers 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tricked trick 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 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | past | he | the farmers | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah he didn't see the trap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah he didn't see the trap 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | he | the trap | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trap=Stimulus | **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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