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title: the north wind tried so hard and still got owned, why? — Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: the north wind tried so hard and still got owned, why? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…

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the north wind tried so hard and still got owned, why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** north wind · **What happens:** try, own

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» 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/401-pg21-part22/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t6:1
# text = the north wind tried so hard and still got owned, why?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	owned	own	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | the north wind |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **own** | past · passive | the north wind *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP» |

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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 {#o1}

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The traveler hid under a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t6:o1:1
# text = The traveler hid under a tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	traveler	traveler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the traveler |  |  | a tree |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The traveler just wrapped his cloak tighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t6:o2:1
# text = The traveler just wrapped his cloak tighter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	traveler	traveler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	tighter	tight	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | past | the traveler | traveler's cloak |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The traveler ran away fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t6:o3:1
# text = The traveler ran away fast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	traveler	traveler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | past | the traveler |  |  |  |  | away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sun was too hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t6:o4:1
# text = The sun was too hot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

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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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