--- title: bro the thief brought meat to shut the dog up, did it work? — Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Do… · tree and pragmatics description: bro the thief brought meat to shut the dog up, did it work? Test 12 · ★ 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 pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/398-pg21-part19/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Do…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/398-pg21-part19/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh… bro the thief brought meat to shut the dog up, did it work? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro thief, thief · **What happens:** bring, shut up, work · **To what, where:** meat, dog This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t12:1 # text = bro the thief brought meat to shut the dog up, did it work? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | the bro thief | meat | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | | 2 | **shut up** | to-infinitive | the bro thief *not said here* | the dog | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient | | 3 | **work** | past · do-support | thief | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} nah the dog stayed watchful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t12:o1:1 # text = nah the dog stayed watchful 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 watchful watchful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | the dog | | | | | watchful *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yep the dog fell asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t12:o2:1 # text = yep the dog fell asleep 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the dog | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yep the dog ate the meat and fell asleep at the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t12:o3:1 # text = yep the dog ate the meat and fell asleep at the door 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | the dog | the meat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | | 2 | **fall** | past | the dog *not said here* | | | the door | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at door=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah the dog ate the meat but stayed watchful all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t12:o4:1 # text = nah the dog ate the meat but stayed watchful all night 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 watchful watchful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | the dog | the meat | | | night | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | | 2 | **stay** | past | the dog *not said here* | | | | | watchful *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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