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title: Ayo, how did the shepherd get out of that cell, real talk? — Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Drago… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayo, how did the shepherd get out of that cell, real talk? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Test 11 · ★ · Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's do…

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Ayo, how did the shepherd get out of that cell, real talk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ayo · **What happens:** get out · **To what, where:** cell

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» 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/1941-pg7277-part78/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t11:1
# text = Ayo, how did the shepherd get out of that cell, real talk?
1	Ayo	Ayo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | past · do-support | Ayo | that cell |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window and ran home to the mountain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t11:o1:1
# text = the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window and ran home to the mountain
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the dog | the iron bars |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient |
| 2 | **go out** | past | bars *= bar* | the window |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **run** | past | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the mountain *result*; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mountain=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window with the king's guards chasing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t11:o2:1
# text = the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window with the king's guards chasing
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
18	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the dog | the iron bars |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient |
| 2 | **go out** | past | bars *= bar* | the window |  |  |  | with the king's guards | tree rules |
| 3 | **chase** | gerund | bars *= bar* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the dog chewed the bolt and they left by the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t11:o3:1
# text = the dog chewed the bolt and they left by the gate
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chewed	chew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | past | the dog | the bolt |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | past | they |  |  |  |  | by the gate | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t11:o4:1
# text = the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the dog | the iron bars |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient |
| 2 | **go out** | past | bars *= bar* | the window |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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