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title: Was the Kid, like, well gutted when he met the Wolf? — The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the Kid, like, well gutted when he met the Wolf? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan…

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Was the Kid, like, well gutted when he met the Wolf?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kid · **What happens:** be, gut, meet · **To what, where:** Kid, Wolf

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» 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/362-pg19994-part1/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t2:1
# text = Was the Kid, like, well gutted when he met the Wolf?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Kid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **meet** | past | Kid | the Wolf |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Co-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}

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Yeah, he was proper scared and shaking all over but still trying to act big and clever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was proper scared and shaking all over but still trying to act big and clever
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | properly, scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shake** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **try** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **act** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was scared but still cheeky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was scared but still cheeky
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was dead chuffed and skipping about happily because he'd made a new mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, he was dead chuffed and skipping about happily because he'd made a new mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **skip** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | past · perfect | he | a new mate |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was buzzing with excitement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t2:o4:1
# text = Nah, he was buzzing with excitement
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | with excitement | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location with excitement=Theme |

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