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title: What was the Wolf's big mistake, like? — The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Wolf's big mistake, like? Test 8 · ★ 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 option; Mova's ch
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# Test 8 · ★ · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan…

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What was the Wolf's big mistake, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big mistake

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t8:1
# text = What was the Wolf's big mistake, like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Wolf's big mistake |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Letting a cheeky young Kid talk him into playing music instead of eating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t8:o1:1
# text = Letting a cheeky young Kid talk him into playing music instead of eating
1	Letting	let	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Kid	Kid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | present |  | Kid |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **play** | gerund |  | music |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |
| 4 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Trusting a cheeky young Kid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t8:o2:1
# text = Trusting a cheeky young Kid
1	Trusting	trust	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | gerund |  | a cheeky young Kid |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Following the flock all the way to the far side of the big field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t8:o3:1
# text = Following the flock all the way to the far side of the big field
1	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | the flock |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme |

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

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Playing piper to please a Kid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:t8:o4:1
# text = Playing piper to please a Kid
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	piper	piper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	please	please	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | piper |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piper=Theme |
| 2 | **please** | to-infinitive |  | a Kid |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kid=Experiencer |

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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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