--- title: wait, what did the herdsman promise jupiter if he caught the thief? — Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf,… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the herdsman promise jupiter if he caught the thief? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/149-pg11339-part19/t10/) [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 Bull and the Calf,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/149-pg11339-part19/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o… wait, what did the herdsman promise jupiter if he caught the thief? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, do, catch · **To what, where:** promise jupiter, thief This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» 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/149-pg11339-part19/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t10:1 # text = wait, what did the herdsman promise jupiter if he caught the thief? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 jupiter jupiter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | | the promise jupiter | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jupiter=Eventuality | | 3 | **catch** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | he | the thief | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme | 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} a calf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t10:o1:1 # text = a calf 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a fine white heifer from his flock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t10:o2:1 # text = a fine white heifer from his flock 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the best bull in the whole herd ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t10:o3:1 # text = the best bull in the whole herd 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a bull ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t10:o4:1 # text = a bull 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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