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title: yo, what was Jack doing when the master came by to check the cows? — Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, what was Jack doing when the master came by to check the cows? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 6 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

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yo, what was Jack doing when the master came by to check the cows?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack, master · **What happens:** do, come by, check · **To what, where:** cows

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» 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/2014-pg7885-part33/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t6:1
# text = yo, what was Jack doing when the master came by to check the cows?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come by** | past | the master |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **check** | to-infinitive | the master *not said here* | the cows |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lying in the ditch with a pipe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t6:o1:1
# text = Lying in the ditch with a pipe
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | the ditch |  | with a pipe | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ditch=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Sleeping with his face in the sod

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t6:o2:1
# text = Sleeping with his face in the sod
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sod	sod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  | the sod |  | with his face | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sod=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sleeping with his face in the sod while the cows ate all the wheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t6:o3:1
# text = Sleeping with his face in the sod while the cows ate all the wheat
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sod	sod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund | the cows *not said here* |  |  | the sod |  | with his face | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sod=Location |
| 2 | **eat** | past | the cows | all wheat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sleeping with his face in the sod and his cap pulled down over his eyes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t6:o4:1
# text = Sleeping with his face in the sod and his cap pulled down over his eyes
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sod	sod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	down	down	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  | the sod and his cap |  | with his face | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sod=Location |
| 2 | **pull down** | past | Sleeping |  |  | his eyes |  | down *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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