--- title: Which action did the Shepherd take in response to the Jackdaw's atte… — Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Cam… · tree and pragmatics description: Which action did the Shepherd take in response to the Jackdaw's attempt? Exam question 3 of lesson 147 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance, a doctor's signs, a rude Plane-tree and more» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/147-pg11339-part17/e3/) [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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Cam…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/147-pg11339-part17/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance,… Which action did the Shepherd take in response to the Jackdaw's attempt? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, Shepherd, Jackdaw · **What happens:** do, take in, attempt · **To what, where:** response, attempt This is exam question 3 of lesson 147 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance, a doctor's signs, a rude Plane-tree and more» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/147-pg11339-part17/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e3:1 # text = Which action did the Shepherd take in response to the Jackdaw's attempt? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do 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 Shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 in in ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Jackdaw Jackdaw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which action | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take in** | present | the Shepherd | response | | the Jackdaw's attempt | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent response=Theme to attempt=Destination | | 3 | **attempt** | | the Jackdaw | | | | | | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} He tied its feet and took it home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e3:o1:1 # text = He tied its feet and took it home 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | past | He | its feet | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | He *not said here* | it | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He clipped its wings and took it home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e3:o2:1 # text = He clipped its wings and took it home 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 clipped clip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clip** | past | He | its wings | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | He *not said here* | it | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He plucked its feathers and sold it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e3:o3:1 # text = He plucked its feathers and sold it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pluck** | past | He | its feathers | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient | | 2 | **sell** | past | He *not said here* | it | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He let it go free ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e3:o4:1 # text = He let it go free 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past | He | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | free *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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