--- title: no cap, what did the Fox say about the animals? — Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX,… · tree and pragmatics description: no cap, what did the Fox say about the animals? Test 3 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/369-pg19994-part8/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be… no cap, what did the Fox say about the animals? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** Fox · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t3:1 # text = no cap, what did the Fox say about the animals? 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | no cap | the Fox | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | no cap | | | | | about the animals | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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} They promised peace and then the Dogs attacked them all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t3:o1:1 # text = They promised peace and then the Dogs attacked them all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | They | peace | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 2 | **attack** | past | the Dogs | them *= they* | | | then | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They chased the Cock away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t3:o2:1 # text = They chased the Cock away 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase away** | past | They | the Cock | | | | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They agreed to share the farm and guard the barn together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t3:o3:1 # text = They agreed to share the farm and guard the barn together 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | They | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the farm | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **guard** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the barn | | | | together *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barn=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They made peace forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t3:o4:1 # text = They made peace forever 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 forever forever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | They | peace | | | | forever *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product | **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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