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title: Lol, what did the wolf actually do to the sheep, be honest? — Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did the wolf actually do to the sheep, be honest? Test 13 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 13 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

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Lol, what did the wolf actually do to the sheep, be honest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** wolf

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This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:t13:1
# text = Lol, what did the wolf actually do to the sheep, be honest?
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	8	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the sheep; actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It killed loads of them and then bolted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:t13:o1:1
# text = It killed loads of them and then bolted
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	bolted	bolt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | It | loads of loads |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |
| 2 | **bolt** | participle |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It scattered them and then fled home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:t13:o2:1
# text = It scattered them and then fled home
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | past | It | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **flee** | past |  |  |  |  | then | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It wounded a few and ran off quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:t13:o3:1
# text = It wounded a few and ran off quickly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wounded	wound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wound** | past | It | a few |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus few=Experiencer |
| 2 | **run off** | past |  |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It injured the dog, killed the lambs, and then calmly walked off towards the village to find more food

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:364-pg19994-part3:t13:o4:1
# text = It injured the dog, killed the lambs, and then calmly walked off towards the village to find more food
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	injured	injure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
20	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	21	amod	_	_
21	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **injure** | past | It | the dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** | past |  | the lambs |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme |
| 3 | **walk off** | past |  |  |  |  | then | towards the village; calmly *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | more food |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |

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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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