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title: Flies went mental for that honey, right? What got them stuck? — Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Flies went mental for that honey, right? What got them stuck? Test 9 · ★ 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 question and of ea
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…

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Flies went mental for that honey, right? What got them stuck?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Flies · **What happens:** go, get · **To what, where:** Flies

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Flies went mental for that honey, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t9:1
# text = Flies went mental for that honey, right?
1	Flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Flies |  |  |  |  | for that honey; mental *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for honey=Beneficiary |

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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:* What got them stuck?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t9:2
# text = What got them stuck?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | Flies *= fly* |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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the honey had gone bad and poisoned each one of them where they sat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t9:o1:1
# text = the honey had gone bad and poisoned each one of them where they sat
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the honey |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **poison** | participle | the honey *not said here* | each one of them |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 3 | **sit** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the honey was too sticky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t9:o2:1
# text = the honey was too sticky
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the honey |  |  |  |  | sticky *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a spider caught them in its web

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t9:o3:1
# text = a spider caught them in its web
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | a spider | them *= they* |  | spider's web |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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their wings and feet glued in the goo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t9:o4:1
# text = their wings and feet glued in the goo
1	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	glued	glue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goo	goo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | participle | their wings and feet |  |  | the goo |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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