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description: lowkey the dogs drinking the whole river is wild, right? how did that end? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 403 «Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a camel, dogs, a jackdaw and a workman each get a short lesson» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

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lowkey the dogs drinking the whole river is wild, right? how did that end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lowkey dogs · **What happens:** drink, be, do · **To what, where:** whole river, end

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 403 «Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a camel, dogs, a jackdaw and a workman each get a short lesson» 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/403-pg21-part24/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t3:1
# text = lowkey the dogs drinking the whole river is wild, right? how did that end?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
14	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund | the lowkey dogs *not said here* | the whole river |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the lowkey dogs |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past | the lowkey dogs *not said here* | that end |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Eventuality |

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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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they went home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t3:o1:1
# text = they went home
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | they |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they dried up in the summer sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t3:o2:1
# text = they dried up in the summer sun
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry up** | past | they |  |  | the summer sun |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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they burst before reaching the hides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t3:o3:1
# text = they burst before reaching the hides
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burst	burst	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hides	hide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund | they *not said here* | the hides |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hide=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they got thirsty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t3:o4:1
# text = they got thirsty
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | thirsty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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