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title: The Stag wanted wheat off the Sheep, yeah? Who did he say would back… — Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Stag wanted wheat off the Sheep, yeah? Who did he say would back him up? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…

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The Stag wanted wheat off the Sheep, yeah? Who did he say would back him up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Stag · **What happens:** want, say, back up · **To what, where:** wheat, Stag · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» 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/375-pg19994-part14/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Stag wanted wheat off the Sheep, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t12:1
# text = The Stag wanted wheat off the Sheep, yeah?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Stag	Stag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the Stag | wheat |  |  |  | off the Sheep | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wheat=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who did he say would back him up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t12:2
# text = Who did he say would back him up?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	back	back	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **back up** | would |  | Stag |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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the Wolf who lived in the cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t12:o1:1
# text = the Wolf who lived in the cave
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Wolf |  |  | the cave |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Shepherd who kept watch over the whole flock at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t12:o2:1
# text = the Shepherd who kept watch over the whole flock at night
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the Shepherd | watch |  | the whole flock | night |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme over flock=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the Wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t12:o3:1
# text = the Wolf
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	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 Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t12:o4:1
# text = the Fox
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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