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title: Yo, the cock says he crows for the men, right? So why's he crowing? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, the cock says he crows for the men, right? So why's he crowing? Test 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 and p
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# Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

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Yo, the cock says he crows for the men, right? So why's he crowing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cock · **What happens:** say, crow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Yo, the cock says he crows for the men, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t2:1
# text = Yo, the cock says he crows for the men, right?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	crows	crow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the cock |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **crow** | present | cock |  |  |  |  | for the men | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for man=Recipient |

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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:* So why's he crowing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t2:2
# text = So why's he crowing?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	crowing	crow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crow** | present · progressive | cock |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To warn the hens of foxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t2:o1:1
# text = To warn the hens of foxes
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  |  | the hens of foxes |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hen=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To wake the men up for work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t2:o2:1
# text = To wake the men up for work
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wake	wake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** | to-infinitive |  | the men |  |  |  | for work | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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So the men wake up early and get out to the fields for their work

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t2:o3:1
# text = So the men wake up early and get out to the fields for their work
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wake	wake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** | present | the men |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **get out** | infinitive | the men *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the fields; for men's work; out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **work** |  | men *= man* |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To greet the sun and wake the men up so they can go to work on time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t2:o4:1
# text = To greet the sun and wake the men up so they can go to work on time
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	greet	greet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wake	wake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive |  | the sun |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme |
| 2 | **wake up** | present |  | the men |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 3 | **go** | can | men *= man* |  |  | work | time |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial\_Location |

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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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