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title: So the sheep trashed every field, yeah? Those woolly menaces wrecked… — Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the sheep trashed every field, yeah? Those woolly menaces wrecked the whole place? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

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So the sheep trashed every field, yeah? Those woolly menaces wrecked the whole place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sheep, woolly menaces · **What happens:** trash, wreck · **To what, where:** field, whole place

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» 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/1919-pg7277-part56/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* So the sheep trashed every field, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t3:1
# text = So the sheep trashed every field, yeah?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	trashed	trash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trash** | past | the sheep | every field |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Those woolly menaces wrecked the whole place?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t3:2
# text = Those woolly menaces wrecked the whole place?
1	Those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	woolly	woolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	menaces	menace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | past | that woolly menaces | the whole place |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, total carnage, the farmers were raging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, total carnage, the farmers were raging
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	carnage	carnage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** | past · progressive | the farmers | total carnage *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location carnage=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they only nibbled a bit, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t3:o2:1
# text = Nah, they only nibbled a bit, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	nibbled	nibble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nibble** | past | they | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they chewed the crops, farmers mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they chewed the crops, farmers mad
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chewed	chew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | past | they | the crops and farmers |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just a few.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t3:o4:1
# text = Nah, just a few.
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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