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title: no cap, the jackdaw waiting on out-of-season figs is so sus, what di… — Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull,… · tree and pragmatics
description: no cap, the jackdaw waiting on out-of-season figs is so sus, what did the fox tell him? Test 4 · ★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

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no cap, the jackdaw waiting on out-of-season figs is so sus, what did the fox tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** jackdaw, cap, fox · **What happens:** wait, be, tell · **To what, where:** season figs, jackdaw · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t4:1
# text = no cap, the jackdaw waiting on out-of-season figs is so sus, what did the fox tell him?
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	figs	fig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	_
19	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund | the jackdaw *not said here* |  |  | season figs |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fig=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | no cap |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the fox |  | jackdaw |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient 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 {#o1}

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he lied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t4:o1:1
# text = he lied
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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he was fooling himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t4:o2:1
# text = he was fooling himself
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fooling	fool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | past · progressive | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he was wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t4:o3:1
# text = he was wrong
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	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 | he |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he was waiting for nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t4:o4:1
# text = he was waiting for nothing
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | for nothing | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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