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# Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

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oi, did u read the one where the daughters are like "rain pls" and "no rain pls", proper confusing innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oi, daughters, rain · **What happens:** read, be, pl · **To what, where:** one

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 150 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 20: the boy's sling sends the rooks flying from the wheat field» 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/150-pg11339-part20/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t1:1
# text = oi, did u read the one where the daughters are like "rain pls" and "no rain pls", proper confusing innit
1	oi	oi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	pls	pl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	20	det	_	_
20	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	pls	pl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	confusing	confusing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past · do-support | oi | the one |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the daughters |  |  |  |  | like rain pls | tree rules |
| 3 | **pl** *in a quote* | present | no rain |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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gardener wanted rain, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t1:o1:1
# text = gardener wanted rain, lol
1	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | gardener | rain |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rain=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the gardener wanted rain and the potter wanted dry weather, bare random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t1:o2:1
# text = the gardener wanted rain and the potter wanted dry weather, bare random
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	potter	potter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	random	random	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the gardener | rain |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rain=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | the potter | dry weather and bare random |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot weather=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the gardener wanted rain and the potter wanted sun, bare random lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah the gardener wanted rain and the potter wanted sun, bare random lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	potter	potter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the gardener | rain |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rain=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | the potter | sun |  |  |  | random *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot sun=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the gardener wanted rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, the gardener wanted rain
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the gardener | rain |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rain=Theme |

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