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title: lol the lean dog tricked the wolf how, no cap? — Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Ju… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the lean dog tricked the wolf how, no cap? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 368 «Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock's heavy train keeps him from flying» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock…

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lol the lean dog tricked the wolf how, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lean dog · **What happens:** trick · **To what, where:** wolf

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 368 «Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock's heavy train keeps him from flying» 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/368-pg19994-part7/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t4:1
# text = lol the lean dog tricked the wolf how, no cap?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	lean	lean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | the lean dog | the wolf and no cap |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient |

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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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pretended he was a rich man with a huge wedding feast nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t4:o1:1
# text = pretended he was a rich man with a huge wedding feast nearby
1	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with a huge wedding feast; nearby *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | a rich man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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offered a big dinner plate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t4:o2:1
# text = offered a big dinner plate
1	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past |  | a big dinner plate |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent plate=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
promised a fat wedding feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t4:o3:1
# text = promised a fat wedding feast
1	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past |  | a fat wedding feast |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent feast=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
promised him a fat wedding feast from a nearby house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t4:o4:1
# text = promised him a fat wedding feast from a nearby house
1	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past |  | a fat wedding feast | him *= he* | a nearby house |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal feast=Theme |

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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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