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title: yo, so the lion just straight up wants the bull for dinner, right? — Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, so the lion just straight up wants the bull for dinner, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

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yo, so the lion just straight up wants the bull for dinner, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lion · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** bull

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» 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/154-pg11339-part24/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t1:1
# text = yo, so the lion just straight up wants the bull for dinner, right?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
15	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | the lion | the bull |  |  |  | for dinner | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bull=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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yeah, he's hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, he's hungry
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	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** | present | he |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he fancies the cows more and is just having a nap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t1:o2:1
# text = nah, he fancies the cows more and is just having a nap
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	fancies	fancy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | present | he | the cows |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cow=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | present · progressive | he *not said here* | a nap |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, for dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, for dinner
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's starving and the bull's a massive snack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, he's starving and the bull's a massive snack
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the bull | a massive snack |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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