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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

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bro, the lion invited the bull for a sheep dinner, but there was no sheep, right, so what did the bull do

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lion · **What happens:** invite, be, do · **To what, where:** bull, sheep

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t8:1
# text = bro, the lion invited the bull for a sheep dinner, but there was no sheep, right, so what did the bull do
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	invited	invite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	csubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	15	expl	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
19	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
23	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | past | the lion |  | the bull |  |  | for a sheep dinner; bro *vocative* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | no sheep |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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turned round and walked off without even saying goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t8:o1:1
# text = turned round and walked off without even saying goodbye
1	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
2	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn round** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk off** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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got really angry and stomped off out the door of the lion's den

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t8:o2:1
# text = got really angry and stomped off out the door of the lion's den
1	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stomped	stomp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stomp off** | past |  |  |  | the door of the lion's den |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out door=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
turned round and walked off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t8:o3:1
# text = turned round and walked off
1	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
2	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn round** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk off** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
turned and stormed out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t8:o4:1
# text = turned and stormed out
1	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	stormed	storm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **storm out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

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