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title: bro, which tree did Jupiter pick for protection? — Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull,… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, which tree did Jupiter pick for protection? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

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bro, which tree did Jupiter pick for protection?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** pick

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t9:1
# text = bro, which tree did Jupiter pick for protection?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past · do-support | bro and which tree |  |  |  |  | for protection | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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ash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t9:o1:1
# text = ash
1	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t9:o2:1
# text = the oak
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the sacred oak at Dodona where the gods spoke to men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t9:o3:1
# text = the sacred oak at Dodona where the gods spoke to men
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Dodona	Dodona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the sacred oak at Dodona |  |  |  |  | to men | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to man=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the pine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t9:o4:1
# text = the pine
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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