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Test 8 · ★ 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 t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/375-pg19994-part14/t8/) [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 Stag, the Sheep, a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/375-pg19994-part14/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14… Dead giveaway, the Wolf sat under the window all day! Why'd he leave with nothing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dead giveaway, giveaway · **What happens:** sit, leave · **To what, where:** window This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dead giveaway, the Wolf sat under the window all day! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t8:1 # text = Dead giveaway, the Wolf sat under the window all day! 1 Dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 giveaway giveaway NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | Dead giveaway | | | the window | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under window=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. *Sentence 2:* Why'd he leave with nothing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t8:2 # text = Why'd he leave with nothing? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | would | giveaway | | | | | with nothing | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nothing=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} the Dogs barked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t8:o1:1 # text = the Dogs barked 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 barked bark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | participle · passive | | the Dogs | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the Father saw him at the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t8:o2:1 # text = the Father saw him at the window 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Father | him *= he* | | the window | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the Father came back with the Dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t8:o3:1 # text = the Father came back with the Dogs 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | the Father | | | | | with the Dogs | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the Mother locked the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t8:o4:1 # text = the Mother locked the door 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 locked lock 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 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | past | the Mother | the door | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | **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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