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title: That swallow thing, was the bloke daft for ditching his coat? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds:… · tree and pragmatics
description: That swallow thing, was the bloke daft for ditching his coat? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 134 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as a doctor is turned away, and eight more short fables follow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as…

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That swallow thing, was the bloke daft for ditching his coat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** That, bloke · **What happens:** swallow, be, ditch · **To what, where:** thing, coat

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 134 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as a doctor is turned away, and eight more short fables follow» 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/134-pg11339-part4/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t3:1
# text = That swallow thing, was the bloke daft for ditching his coat?
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	daft	daft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	ditching	ditch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | That | thing |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the bloke |  |  |  |  | daft *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ditch** | gerund | the bloke *not said here* | his coat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Yeah, he thought summer had landed early, so he sold his coat for nothing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he thought summer had landed early, so he sold his coat for nothing
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
8	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **land** | past · perfect | summer |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sell** | past | he | his coat |  |  |  | for nothing | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent coat=Theme for nothing=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he reckoned winter had gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he reckoned winter had gone
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past · perfect | winter |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he thought summer had landed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he thought summer had landed
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **land** | past · perfect | summer |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was daft, thought summer had landed and then the frost came and he froze

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he was daft, thought summer had landed and then the frost came and he froze
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	daft	daft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | daft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **land** | past · perfect | summer |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **come** | past | the frost |  |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **freeze** | past | frost |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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