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title: Which garment does the Wolf adopt in order to deceive the shepherd? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which garment does the Wolf adopt in order to deceive the shepherd? Exam question 2 of lesson 386 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an excuse to eat a cock, and a wolf in sheep's clothing is killed by mistake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

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Which garment does the Wolf adopt in order to deceive the shepherd?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** garment, Wolf · **What happens:** do, adopt, deceive · **To what, where:** order, shepherd

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 386 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an excuse to eat a cock, and a wolf in sheep's clothing is killed by mistake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/386-pg21-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:e2:1
# text = Which garment does the Wolf adopt in order to deceive the shepherd?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	adopt	adopt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which garment |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **adopt** | present | the Wolf |  |  | order |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **deceive** | to-infinitive | the Wolf *not said here* | the shepherd |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A covering made from the skin of a sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = A covering made from the skin of a sheep
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	covering	covering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a covering *not said here* |  | the skin of a sheep |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from skin=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A long fleece garment made from the skin of a sheep that he had killed the night before in the forest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = A long fleece garment made from the skin of a sheep that he had killed the night before in the forest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	fleece	fleece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	before	before	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a long fleece garment *not said here* |  | the skin of a sheep |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from skin=Material |
| 2 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | a long fleece garment *not said here* | sheep |  | the forest | night | before *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hooded covering woven from the wool of rams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = A hooded covering woven from the wool of rams
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hooded	hood	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	covering	covering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rams	ram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hood** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **weave** | participle |  | a hooded covering *not said here* |  | the wool of rams |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wool=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A covering made from the skin of a sheep, stitched neatly to fit over his grey wolf's coat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = A covering made from the skin of a sheep, stitched neatly to fit over his grey wolf's coat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	covering	covering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	stitched	stitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
12	neatly	neatly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a covering *not said here* |  | the skin of a sheep |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from skin=Material |
| 2 | **stitch** | participle | a covering *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fit** | to-infinitive | a covering |  |  | covering's grey wolf's coat |  | neatly *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent over coat=Trajectory |

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