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# Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

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yo, the wolf acted proper calm around the sheep, so what did the shepherd do when he went to town

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** act, do, go · **To what, where:** shepherd, town

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» 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/145-pg11339-part15/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t13:1
# text = yo, the wolf acted proper calm around the sheep, so what did the shepherd do when he went to town
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	acted	act	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
14	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | past | the wolf |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the shepherd |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go** | present · do-support | wolf |  |  | town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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left the wolf with the sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t13:o1:1
# text = left the wolf with the sheep
1	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past |  | the wolf |  |  |  | with the sheep | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient with sheep=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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asked the wolf to mind them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t13:o2:1
# text = asked the wolf to mind them
1	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mind** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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sent the wolf off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t13:o3:1
# text = sent the wolf off
1	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send off** | past |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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locked the gate behind him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t13:o4:1
# text = locked the gate behind him
1	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past |  | the gate |  |  |  | behind him *= he* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient |

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