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description: fr the hares wanted everyone equal, what did the lions say back? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…

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fr the hares wanted everyone equal, what did the lions say back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr hares, lions · **What happens:** want, say back · **To what, where:** everyone

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» 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/398-pg21-part19/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t10:1
# text = fr the hares wanted everyone equal, what did the lions say back?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the fr hares | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot everyone=Theme |
| 2 | **say back** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the lions |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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you are only hares, so your words lack claws and teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t10:o1:1
# text = you are only hares, so your words lack claws and teeth
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lack	lack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | you | hares |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lack** | present | your words | claws and teeth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **word** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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your talk lacks any real force

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t10:o2:1
# text = your talk lacks any real force
1	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lacks	lack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | present | your talk | any real force |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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your words lack claws and teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t10:o3:1
# text = your words lack claws and teeth
1	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lack	lack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | present | your words | claws and teeth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **word** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
your words lack claws and teeth, so go home now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t10:o4:1
# text = your words lack claws and teeth, so go home now
1	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lack	lack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | present | your words | claws and teeth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | your words *not said here* |  |  |  | now | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **word** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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