--- title: fr, what did the Cock do before sleep? — Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX,… · tree and pragmatics description: fr, what did the Cock do before sleep? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 369 «Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox begs a wary Cock to come down with false news of peace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/369-pg19994-part8/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/369-pg19994-part8/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be… fr, what did the Cock do before sleep? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Cock This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 369 «Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox begs a wary Cock to come down with false news of peace» 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/369-pg19994-part8/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t11:1 # text = fr, what did the Cock do before sleep? 1 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ 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 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Cock Cock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | fr | the Cock | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | fr *not said here* | | | | before sleep | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} He called out to the Fox and asked him to come up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t11:o1:1 # text = He called out to the Fox and asked him to come up 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 up up ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | He | | the Fox | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fox=Recipient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He *not said here* | | Fox | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **come up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shook his feathers out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t11:o2:1 # text = Shook his feathers out 1 Shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake out** | past | | his feathers | | | | out *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent feather=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Flapped wings and crowed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t11:o3:1 # text = Flapped wings and crowed 1 Flapped flap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 crowed crow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flap** | participle | | wings | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 2 | **crow** | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He flew down to the ground and hid under the hay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t11:o4:1 # text = He flew down to the ground and hid under the hay 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly down** | past | He | | | | | to the ground *result*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result | | 2 | **hide** | past | He *not said here* | | | the hay | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under hay=Location | **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. 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