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# Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

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ok so the wolf's like "u muddied my water" lol, but the lamb's standing downstream, bro, that's so obvious

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf, that · **What happens:** be, stand

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 367 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excuses to eat a Lamb» 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/367-pg19994-part6/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t1:1
# text = ok so the wolf's like "u muddied my water" lol, but the lamb's standing downstream, bro, that's so obvious
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	muddied	muddy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
20	downstream	downstream	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	so	so	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	obvious	obvious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the wolf |  |  |  |  | muddy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | the wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | downstream *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | obvious *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the wolf was upstream the whole time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t1:o1:1
# text = the wolf was upstream the whole time
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	upstream	upstream	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the wolf |  |  |  | time | upstream *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the lamb stirred up the mud there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t1:o2:1
# text = the lamb stirred up the mud there
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	stirred	stir	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir up** | participle | the lamb *not said here* | the mud |  | there |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mud=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wolf was downstream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t1:o3:1
# text = wolf was downstream
1	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	downstream	downstream	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | wolf |  |  |  |  | downstream *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the wolf drank from her side too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t1:o4:1
# text = the wolf drank from her side too
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | the wolf |  |  | wolf's side |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from side=Source |

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