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title: so for the sheep path, what was Jack really doing? — Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so for the sheep path, what was Jack really doing? Test 8 · ★ 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 the question and o
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# Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

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so for the sheep path, what was Jack really doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** do

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t8:1
# text = so for the sheep path, what was Jack really doing?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Jack |  |  |  |  | for the sheep path | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Mending a fence for the sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t8:o1:1
# text = Mending a fence for the sheep
1	Mending	mend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | gerund |  | a fence |  |  |  | for the sheep | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Carving a stick for the path

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t8:o2:1
# text = Carving a stick for the path
1	Carving	carve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | gerund |  | a stick |  |  |  | for the path | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent stick=Product for path=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sharpening a knife for the feet of every sheep on the whole farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t8:o3:1
# text = Sharpening a knife for the feet of every sheep on the whole farm
1	Sharpening	sharpen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sharpen** | gerund |  | a knife |  | the whole farm |  | for the feet of every sheep | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sharpening a knife for the feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t8:o4:1
# text = Sharpening a knife for the feet
1	Sharpening	sharpen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sharpen** | gerund |  | a knife |  |  |  | for the feet | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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