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title: What did the sheep do to keep everyone happy, like? — Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the sheep do to keep everyone happy, like? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leave…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What did the sheep do to keep everyone happy, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sheep · **What happens:** do, keep · **To what, where:** everyone

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» 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/1466-pg503-part53/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t8:1
# text = What did the sheep do to keep everyone happy, like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the sheep |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the sheep *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Balls, concerts and hunting parties, plus feasts every single night for the whole flock and the Princess

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t8:o1:1
# text = Balls, concerts and hunting parties, plus feasts every single night for the whole flock and the Princess
1	Balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	concerts	concert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:unmarked	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Balls, concerts and hunting parties, which the sheep attended in silence while the Princess watched from her chariot

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t8:o2:1
# text = Balls, concerts and hunting parties, which the sheep attended in silence while the Princess watched from her chariot
1	Balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	concerts	concert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	attended	attend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | past | Balls and concerts and hunting parties |  |  | silence |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Goal |
| 2 | **watch** | past | the Princess |  |  | Princess's chariot |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dances, games and music contests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t8:o3:1
# text = Dances, games and music contests
1	Dances	dance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	contests	contest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Balls, concerts and hunting parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t8:o4:1
# text = Balls, concerts and hunting parties
1	Balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	concerts	concert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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