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title: Wicked, so what's the moral then, like, the big lesson? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wicked, so what's the moral then, like, the big lesson? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragmatics of
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

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Wicked, so what's the moral then, like, the big lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t5:1
# text = Wicked, so what's the moral then, like, the big lesson?
1	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moral	moral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | then | moral *property* | tree rules |

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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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Harm seek, harm find, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t5:o1:1
# text = Harm seek, harm find, innit
1	Harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	seek	seek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	find	find	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Don't go looking for trouble, because trouble always finds the one who looks for it, innit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t5:o2:1
# text = Don't go looking for trouble, because trouble always finds the one who looks for it, innit
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for trouble | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for trouble=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | present | trouble | the one |  |  |  | always *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic |
| 4 | **look** | present | the one |  |  |  |  | for trouble | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |
| 5 | **innit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Greed brings loss, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t5:o3:1
# text = Greed brings loss, innit
1	Greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Greed | loss and innit |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent loss=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Those who seek harm will surely find it themselves, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:386-pg21-part7:t5:o4:1
# text = Those who seek harm will surely find it themselves, innit
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seek	seek	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | future | harm | it |  |  |  | themselves *= they* *obl*; surely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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