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title: lol, what did the boys and dogs do to the horse? — Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an o… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol, what did the boys and dogs do to the horse? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 8 · ★ · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol, what did the boys and dogs do to the horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dogs · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** boys

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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/349-pg18442-part9/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t8:1
# text = lol, what did the boys and dogs do to the horse?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the boys |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | dogs |  |  |  |  | to the horse | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
kicked him and fed him hay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t8:o1:1
# text = kicked him and fed him hay
1	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient hay=Result |
| 2 | **feed** | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chased him down the road, threw stones, and barked loudly whenever the horse came near

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t8:o2:1
# text = chased him down the road, threw stones, and barked loudly whenever the horse came near
1	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	barked	bark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
17	near	near	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase down** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **throw** | past |  | stones |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
| 3 | **bark** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **come** | past | the horse |  |  |  |  | near, whenever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
threw mud and laughed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t8:o3:1
# text = threw mud and laughed
1	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past |  | mud |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
threw stones and barked at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t8:o4:1
# text = threw stones and barked at him
1	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	barked	bark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past |  | stones |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at he=Destination |
| 2 | **bark** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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