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# Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

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ok so the peasant wanted to chop the tree, what stopped him in the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** peasant, tree · **What happens:** want, chop, stop · **To what, where:** tree, peasant, end

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t6:1
# text = ok so the peasant wanted to chop the tree, what stopped him in the end?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	chop	chop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the peasant |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **chop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the peasant *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | past | the tree | peasant |  |  | in the end |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a hive full of honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t6:o1:1
# text = a hive full of honey
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a flock of birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t6:o2:1
# text = a flock of birds
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a hive full of honey and a crowd of angry bees who attacked him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t6:o3:1
# text = a hive full of honey and a crowd of angry bees who attacked him
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	attacked	attack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | past | angry bees | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a ladder to the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t6:o4:1
# text = a ladder to the sky
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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