--- title: fam, the workman tried to get extra axes by lying, so what did Mercu… — Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull,… · tree and pragmatics description: fam, the workman tried to get extra axes by lying, so what did Mercury do? Test 5 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/403-pg21-part24/t5/) [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 Gnat and the Bull,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/403-pg21-part24/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a… fam, the workman tried to get extra axes by lying, so what did Mercury do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** workman, Mercury · **What happens:** try, get, lie, do · **To what, where:** fam, extra axes This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t5:1 # text = fam, the workman tried to get extra axes by lying, so what did Mercury do? 1 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 axes ax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 by by SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 Mercury Mercury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the workman | fam | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the workman *not said here* | extra axes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ax=Stimulus | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | the workman *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | past · do-support | Mercury | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} he gave him the axe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t5:o1:1 # text = he gave him the axe 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | he | the axe | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient axe=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he kept the axe and refused it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t5:o2:1 # text = he kept the axe and refused it 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | the axe | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme | | 2 | **refuse** | past | he *not said here* | axe | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} he sent him away with a scolding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t5:o3:1 # text = he sent him away with a scolding 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 scolding scolding NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | with a scolding; away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he kept the golden axe and refused ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t5:o4:1 # text = he kept the golden axe and refused 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | the golden axe | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme | | 2 | **refuse** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | **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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