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description: What was the principal consequence of the Goatherd's excessive provision for the Wild Goats? Exam question 1 of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogu…

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What was the principal consequence of the Goatherd's excessive provision for the Wild Goats?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Goatherd · **What happens:** be, provide · **To what, where:** principal consequence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/157-pg11339-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e1:1
# text = What was the principal consequence of the Goatherd's excessive provision for the Wild Goats?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Goatherd	Goatherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Goats	Goat	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal consequence |  |  |  | of the Goatherd's excessive provision for the Wild Goats | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** |  | the Goatherd |  |  |  |  | for the Wild Goats | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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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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The goats stayed loyal to the herd but the goatherd lost his way home at dusk

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = The goats stayed loyal to the herd but the goatherd lost his way home at dusk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	goatherd	goatherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | the goats |  |  |  |  | to the herd; loyal *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | past | the goatherd | goatherd's way |  |  | dusk | home *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They ate the goatherd's whole winter crop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = They ate the goatherd's whole winter crop
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goatherd	goatherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	crop	crop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | They | the goatherd's whole winter crop |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They grew so fat that they could no longer climb the hills and died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = They grew so fat that they could no longer climb the hills and died
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	no	no	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | They |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **climb** | could | they | the hills |  |  |  | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hill=Theme |
| 3 | **die** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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

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They deserted the flock upon reaching the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = They deserted the flock upon reaching the hills
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	deserted	desert	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desert** | past | They | the flock |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme flock=Source |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund | They *not said here* | the hills |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hill=Theme |

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