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title: Why did the brothers put a goat in the cellar? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the brothers put a goat in the cellar? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birc…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why did the brothers put a goat in the cellar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** put · **To what, where:** goat, cellar

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» 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/420-pg22373-part12/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t9:1
# text = Why did the brothers put a goat in the cellar?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past · do-support | the brothers | a goat |  | the cellar |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent goat=Theme in cellar=Destination |

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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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To fool the searchers into thinking the goat was the dead man, that's the whole play

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t9:o1:1
# text = To fool the searchers into thinking the goat was the dead man, that's the whole play
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fool	fool	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	searchers	searcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | to-infinitive |  | the searchers |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent searcher=Patient |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the goat |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot goat=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the dead man and the whole play |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | that | the whole play |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make the searchers think it was dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t9:o2:1
# text = To make the searchers think it was dinner
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	searchers	searcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the searchers |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset searcher=Product |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | it | dinner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the cops would be confused, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t9:o3:1
# text = So the cops would be confused, bro
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cops	cop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	confused	confused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | the cops |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative*; confused *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To fool the searchers, that's the play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t9:o4:1
# text = To fool the searchers, that's the play
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fool	fool	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	searchers	searcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | to-infinitive |  | the searchers |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent searcher=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | the play |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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