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title: Identify the character who was instructed by his master to call for… — Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the character who was instructed by his master to call for assistance in the event of a predatory attack. Exam question 3 of lesson 364 «Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored boy cries "Wolf!" for fun until a real wolf comes» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

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Identify the character who was instructed by his master to call for assistance in the event of a predatory attack.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, master · **What happens:** identify, instruct, call · **To what, where:** character · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 364 «Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored boy cries "Wolf!" for fun until a real wolf comes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/364-pg19994-part3/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:e3:1
# text = Identify the character who was instructed by his master to call for assistance in the event of a predatory attack.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	instructed	instruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	predatory	predatory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme |
| 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · passive | his master | the character |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **call** | to-infinitive | his master *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for assistance in the event of a predatory attack | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for assistance=Recipient |

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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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The Shepherd Boy and his faithful dog, who guarded the sheep in the pasture

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:e3:o1:1
# text = The Shepherd Boy and his faithful dog, who guarded the sheep in the pasture
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pasture	pasture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | the Shepherd Boy and his faithful dog |  | the sheep | the pasture |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Village Baker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:e3:o2:1
# text = The Village Baker
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Village	Village	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Baker	Baker	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Shepherd Boy's master, who owned the flock and lived in the village

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:e3:o3:1
# text = The Shepherd Boy's master, who owned the flock and lived in the village
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | past | the Shepherd Boy's master | the flock |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot flock=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | past | the Shepherd Boy's master *not said here* |  |  | the village |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |

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

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The Shepherd Boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:e3:o4:1
# text = The Shepherd Boy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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