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# Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

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bro the wolf's stream was clearly his, he thinks the lamb's the problem, the lamb's just drinking

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, lamb · **What happens:** be, think, drink · **To what, where:** his, problem · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t12:1
# text = bro the wolf's stream was clearly his, he thinks the lamb's the problem, the lamb's just drinking
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	just	just	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | his *= he* |  |  |  | clearly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the lamb | the problem |  |  |  | 's the lamb | tree rules |
| 4 | **drink** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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the lamb was simply drinking, and the wolf was the one causing trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t12:o1:1
# text = the lamb was simply drinking, and the wolf was the one causing trouble
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past · progressive | the lamb |  |  |  |  | simply *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the wolf | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** | gerund | the one *not said here* | trouble |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the wolf was simply drinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t12:o2:1
# text = the wolf was simply drinking
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past · progressive | the wolf |  |  |  |  | simply *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the lamb was simply drinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t12:o3:1
# text = the lamb was simply drinking
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past · progressive | the lamb |  |  |  |  | simply *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the lamb was simply drinking from the stream, not stirring up any mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t12:o4:1
# text = the lamb was simply drinking from the stream, not stirring up any mud
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	stirring	stir	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past · progressive | the lamb |  |  | the stream |  | simply *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from stream=Source |
| 2 | **not** **stir up** | gerund | the lamb *not said here* | any mud |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mud=Patient |

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