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title: Ain't the Goose the one that got whacked for its eggs, yeah? — Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Bi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ain't the Goose the one that got whacked for its eggs, yeah? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin…

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Ain't the Goose the one that got whacked for its eggs, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** whack · **To what, where:** Goose one

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» 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/371-pg19994-part10/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t5:1
# text = Ain't the Goose the one that got whacked for its eggs, yeah?
1	Ai	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	Goose	Goose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	whacked	whack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whack** | past · passive |  | the Goose one |  |  |  | for Ai's eggs | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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The Countryman's Goose, who got whacked, right, for its eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t5:o1:1
# text = The Countryman's Goose, who got whacked, right, for its eggs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Countryman	Countryman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Goose	Goose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	whacked	whack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whack** | past · passive |  | the Countryman |  |  |  | for Countryman's eggs | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Countryman's Goose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t5:o2:1
# text = The Countryman's Goose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Countryman	Countryman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Goose	Goose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Countryman's Cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t5:o3:1
# text = The Countryman's Cat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Countryman	Countryman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Countryman's Goose that laid the golden eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t5:o4:1
# text = The Countryman's Goose that laid the golden eggs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Countryman	Countryman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | past | the Countryman's Goose | the golden eggs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

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