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title: Ngl, what got the Fowler done? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what got the Fowler done? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui…

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Ngl, what got the Fowler done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, Fowler · **What happens:** get, do · **To what, where:** Fowler

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» 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/399-pg21-part20/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t13:1
# text = Ngl, what got the Fowler done?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	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	Fowler	fowler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Ngl | the Fowler |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | participle | the Fowler *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Stepping on a sleepy Viper that bit him in the foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t13:o1:1
# text = Stepping on a sleepy Viper that bit him in the foot
1	Stepping	step	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Viper	viper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on a sleepy Viper | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on viper=Trajectory |
| 2 | **bite** | past | a sleepy Viper | Viper |  | the foot |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in foot=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walking too close to a sleepy Viper on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t13:o2:1
# text = Walking too close to a sleepy Viper on the ground
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Viper	viper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  | close |  | the ground |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent close=Theme on ground=Trajectory |

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

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Stepping on a sleepy Viper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t13:o3:1
# text = Stepping on a sleepy Viper
1	Stepping	step	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Viper	viper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on a sleepy Viper | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on viper=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stumbling on a rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t13:o4:1
# text = Stumbling on a rock
1	Stumbling	stumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stumble** | gerund |  |  |  | a rock |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Trajectory |

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