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# Test 1 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

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ok so the jackal was literally trying to get a dove baby, mate, like dead rude innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** jackal · **What happens:** try, get · **To what, where:** dove baby

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1667 «Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, part 56: the jackal tricks the dove, then the heron, and finds the panther's den» 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/1667-pg5615-part56/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:t1:1
# text = ok so the jackal was literally trying to get a dove baby, mate, like dead rude innit
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | the jackal |  |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the jackal *not said here* | a dove baby and mate |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the jackal was well sneaky and tried it on like three times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah the jackal was well sneaky and tried it on like three times
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the jackal |  |  |  |  | sneaky, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **try on** | past | the jackal *not said here* | jackal |  |  | time |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the jackal was dead sneaky and tried it on twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah the jackal was dead sneaky and tried it on twice
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the jackal |  |  |  |  | sneaky, twice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **try on** | past | the jackal *not said here* | jackal |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah the jackal was actually quite nice and only asked for one little dove to share with the others because he was hungry, which is fair enough really innit

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:t1:o3:1
# text = nah the jackal was actually quite nice and only asked for one little dove to share with the others because he was hungry, which is fair enough really innit
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
27	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
28	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	really	really	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	innit	innit	PROPN	ADD	_	7	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the jackal |  |  |  |  | actually, nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the jackal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for one little dove | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the jackal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the others | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | jackal |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | enough, fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the jackal was well sneaky and tried to get a dove baby about three times before the heron told the dove what he was up to and she sorted it

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah the jackal was well sneaky and tried to get a dove baby about three times before the heron told the dove what he was up to and she sorted it
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	about	about	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	heron	heron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	up	up	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the jackal |  |  |  |  | sneaky, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | past | the jackal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the jackal *not said here* | a dove baby |  |  | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus |
| 4 | **tell up** *speech: assert* | past | the heron | the dove |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dove=Recipient |
| 5 | **sort** | past | jackal | dove |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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