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description: how do wolves even get away with this, it's like the forest is a total courtroom with no judge Test 13 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

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how do wolves even get away with this, it's like the forest is a total courtroom with no judge

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolves, it · **What happens:** get away, be · **To what, where:** total courtroom

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t13:1
# text = how do wolves even get away with this, it's like the forest is a total courtroom with no judge
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	courtroom	courtroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	21	det	_	_
21	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get away** | present · do-support | wolves |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a total courtroom |  |  |  | like the forest; with no judge | 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 unjust ignore the innocent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t13:o1:1
# text = the unjust ignore the innocent
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	unjust	unjust	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ignore	ignore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present | the unjust | the innocent |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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bullies win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t13:o2:1
# text = bullies win
1	bullies	bully	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | bullies |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the judge favors the wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t13:o3:1
# text = the judge favors the wolf
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	favors	favor	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **favor** | present | the judge | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wolf=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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wolves lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t13:o4:1
# text = wolves lie
1	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | wolves |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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