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title: oi, what did the farmer's lad have to do when the farmer said humph,… — Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Roo… · tree and pragmatics
description: oi, what did the farmer's lad have to do when the farmer said humph, like proper quick? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 151 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Rooks, part 2: the Farmer tricks the starlings with a secret word, then a Rook warns the cranes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Rooks, part 2: the Farm…

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oi, what did the farmer's lad have to do when the farmer said humph, like proper quick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oi, lad, farmer · **What happens:** do, have, say, humph · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 151 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Rooks, part 2: the Farmer tricks the starlings with a secret word, then a Rook warns the cranes» 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/151-pg11339-part21/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t1:1
# text = oi, what did the farmer's lad have to do when the farmer said humph, like proper quick?
1	oi	oi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
16	humph	humph	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | oi |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | the farmer's lad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the farmer's lad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the farmer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **humph** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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hand him the sling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t1:o1:1
# text = hand him the sling
1	hand	hand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sling	sling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sling | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination sling=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
throw a stone back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t1:o2:1
# text = throw a stone back
1	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw back** | imperative | you *not said here* | a stone |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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grab the stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t1:o3:1
# text = grab the stick
1	grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stick |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
run off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t1:o4:1
# text = run off
1	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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