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title: sick mate made fake oxen out of candle fat, yeah? — Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24… · tree and pragmatics
description: sick mate made fake oxen out of candle fat, yeah? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the q
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

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sick mate made fake oxen out of candle fat, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sick mate · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** fake oxen, candle fat

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t9:1
# text = sick mate made fake oxen out of candle fat, yeah?
1	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | sick mate | fake oxen |  | candle fat |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ox=Product |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a hundred tallow oxen for the gods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t9:o1:1
# text = yeah, a hundred tallow oxen for the gods
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	tallow	tallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he made a hundred tallow oxen for the gods and then he lied to them all, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t9:o2:1
# text = yeah, he made a hundred tallow oxen for the gods and then he lied to them all, innit
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	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	tallow	tallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | he | a hundred tallow oxen |  |  |  | for the gods | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ox=Product for god=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **lie** | past | he |  | gods *= god* |  | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a hundred tallow oxen for the gods, but he was dead cheeky about it and used real candle fat, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t9:o3:1
# text = yeah, a hundred tallow oxen for the gods, but he was dead cheeky about it and used real candle fat, mate
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	tallow	tallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
20	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | about it; cheeky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | past | he *not said here* | real candle fat and mate |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a hundred wax horses for the gods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t9:o4:1
# text = yeah, a hundred wax horses for the gods
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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