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# Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

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which story has the coat trick, is it the one with the thief and the innkeeper

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** story · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** coat trick, one

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t12:1
# text = which story has the coat trick, is it the one with the thief and the innkeeper
1	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | which story | the coat trick |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | story | the one |  |  |  | with the thief and the innkeeper | 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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yeah, he yawns three times and runs off with the coat, then he howls like a wolf in the yard

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t12:o1:1
# text = yeah, he yawns three times and runs off with the coat, then he howls like a wolf in the yard
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yawns	yawn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	howls	howl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yawn** | present | he |  |  |  | time |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run off** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the coat | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with coat=Material |
| 3 | **howl** | present | he |  |  |  | then | like a wolf; in the yard | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in yard=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he howls like a dog and takes the cloak away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t12:o2:1
# text = nah, he howls like a dog and takes the cloak away
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	howls	howl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | present | he |  |  |  |  | like a dog | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take away** | present | he *not said here* | the cloak |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he yawns three times and runs off with the coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t12:o3:1
# text = yeah, he yawns three times and runs off with the coat
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yawns	yawn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yawn** | present | he |  |  |  | time |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run off** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the coat | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with coat=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he yawns twice and steals the hat instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:150-pg11339-part20:t12:o4:1
# text = yeah, he yawns twice and steals the hat instead
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yawns	yawn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	steals	steal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yawn** | present | he |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **steal** | present | he *not said here* | the hat |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme |

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