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title: ngl the hound quit the chase, so what did the goatherd reckon? — Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury a… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the hound quit the chase, so what did the goatherd reckon? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl the hound quit the chase, so what did the goatherd reckon?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, hound, goatherd · **What happens:** ngl, quit, reckon · **To what, where:** chase

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» 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/395-pg21-part16/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t5:1
# text = ngl the hound quit the chase, so what did the goatherd reckon?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	quit	quit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	goatherd	goatherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **quit** | past | the hound | the chase |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chase=Source |
| 3 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the goatherd |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the little one is the quickest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t5:o1:1
# text = the little one is the quickest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quickest	quick	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the little one |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the little one is the quickest, and the big one is slow and lazy

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t5:o2:1
# text = the little one is the quickest, and the big one is slow and lazy
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quickest	quick	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the little one |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the big one |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the big one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the hare that ran the whole way round the field is the quickest runner of the two

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t5:o3:1
# text = the hare that ran the whole way round the field is the quickest runner of the two
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	quickest	quick	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the hare | the whole way |  | the field |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent way=Theme round field=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the hare | the quickest runner |  |  |  | of the two | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the youngest is fastest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t5:o4:1
# text = the youngest is fastest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

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