--- title: why'd the Dog snap at the cows like that? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock,… · tree and pragmatics description: why'd the Dog snap at the cows like that? Test 3 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/370-pg19994-part9/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 Fox and the Cock,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/370-pg19994-part9/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs… why'd the Dog snap at the cows like that? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dog · **What happens:** snap This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t3:1 # text = why'd the Dog snap at the cows like that? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 snap snap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snap** | infinitive | the Dog | | | | | at the cows like that | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at cow=Location | 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} cause he wouldn't share the hay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t3:o1:1 # text = cause he wouldn't share the hay 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **share** | would | he | the hay | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} cause the cows came too close and he wanted to guard the hay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t3:o2:1 # text = cause the cows came too close and he wanted to guard the hay 1 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **come** | past | the cause cows | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **guard** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the hay | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} cause he was sleepy and the cows woke him up from his nap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t3:o3:1 # text = cause he was sleepy and the cows woke him up from his nap 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | cause | | | | | sleepy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wake up** | past | the cows | him *= he* | | his nap | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} cause they were in his spot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:t3:o4:1 # text = cause they were in his spot 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | cause | | | his spot | | | tree rules | **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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