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title: the dog said the wolf could eat cake and stuff, right? — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House… · tree and pragmatics
description: the dog said the wolf could eat cake and stuff, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

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the dog said the wolf could eat cake and stuff, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, wolf · **What happens:** say, eat · **To what, where:** cake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» 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/374-pg19994-part13/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t3:1
# text = the dog said the wolf could eat cake and stuff, right?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	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	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | could | the wolf | cake and stuff |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yes, sugar, cake, and tidbits too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t3:o1:1
# text = yes, sugar, cake, and tidbits too
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tidbits	tidbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yes, bread and lamb for supper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t3:o2:1
# text = yes, bread and lamb for supper
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, only chicken bones and water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t3:o3:1
# text = nope, only chicken bones and water
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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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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yes, but he had to chase beggars and bark at people all day long to earn each piece of cake

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t3:o4:1
# text = yes, but he had to chase beggars and bark at people all day long to earn each piece of cake
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	beggars	beggar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bark	bark	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	earn	earn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
18	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chase** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | beggars |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beggar=Theme |
| 3 | **bark** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  | day | at people; long *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at people=Stimulus |
| 4 | **earn** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | each piece of cake |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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