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title: The Wolves wanted the sheep-dogs gone, the sheep fell for it? — Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dol… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Wolves wanted the sheep-dogs gone, the sheep fell for it? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i…

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The Wolves wanted the sheep-dogs gone, the sheep fell for it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wolves, sheep · **What happens:** want, go, fall · **To what, where:** sheep dogs

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» 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/153-pg11339-part23/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t12:1
# text = The Wolves wanted the sheep-dogs gone, the sheep fell for it?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the Wolves | the sheep dogs |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | participle |  | the sheep dogs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fall** | past | the sheep |  |  |  |  | for it | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme |

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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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Nah, the Sheep refused and kept their loyal dogs close by

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, the Sheep refused and kept their loyal dogs close by
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | the Sheep |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the Sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **close** | present | Sheep's loyal dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, the Sheep were fooled and gave up their guards, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the Sheep were fooled and gave up their guards, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | past · passive |  | the Sheep |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **give up** | past |  | Sheep's guards |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the foolish Sheep agreed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the foolish Sheep agreed
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Sheep	Sheep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the foolish Sheep |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the Sheep were wise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the Sheep were wise
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Sheep |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

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