--- title: the Shepherd left the Wolf in charge of the flock, dumb move? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock,… · tree and pragmatics description: the Shepherd left the Wolf in charge of the flock, dumb move? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 370 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs off, the Cock wins, and more beast tales follow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/370-pg19994-part9/t10/) [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 Fox and the Cock,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/370-pg19994-part9/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs… the Shepherd left the Wolf in charge of the flock, dumb move? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Shepherd · **What happens:** leave, charge · **To what, where:** Wolf, charge, flock This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 370 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs off, the Cock wins, and more beast tales follow» 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/370-pg19994-part9/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t10:1 # text = the Shepherd left the Wolf in charge of the flock, dumb move? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | the Shepherd | the Wolf | | charge of the flock | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme in charge=Location | | 2 | **charge** | | | the flock | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} yep, lots of sheep got carried off by the Wolf that night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t10:o1:1 # text = yep, lots of sheep got carried off by the Wolf that night 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry off** | past · passive | the Wolf | lots of sheep | | | night | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yep, lots of sheep got carried off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t10:o2:1 # text = yep, lots of sheep got carried off 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry off** | past · passive | | lots of sheep | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, the Wolf was a good guard and kept every sheep safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t10:o3:1 # text = nah, the Wolf was a good guard and kept every sheep safe 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Wolf | a good guard | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | | every sheep | | | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yep, some sheep got lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t10:o4:1 # text = yep, some sheep got lost 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | some sheep | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | **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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