--- title: how's the herdsman supposed to believe that's real — Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the Kin… · tree and pragmatics description: how's the herdsman supposed to believe that's real Test 4 · ★ of lesson 703 «Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 43: the youth hides the pigs and sheep and tricks the herdsman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/703-pg2435-part43/t4/) [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/) / [Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the Kin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/703-pg2435-part43/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 4… how's the herdsman supposed to believe that's real **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** herdsman, that · **What happens:** be, suppose, believe · **To what, where:** herdsman · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 703 «Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 43: the youth hides the pigs and sheep and tricks the herdsman» 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/703-pg2435-part43/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t4:1 # text = how's the herdsman supposed to believe that's real 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the herdsman | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **suppose** | participle | | the herdsman *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **believe** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | that | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | 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} he can't, it's kinda sus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t4:o1:1 # text = he can't, it's kinda sus 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 sus suspect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | kinda, suspect *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} he won't, it's cap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t4:o2:1 # text = he won't, it's cap 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | cap | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he can't, it's totally cap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t4:o3:1 # text = he can't, it's totally cap 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 totally totally ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | cap | | | | totally *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he can, it's real ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t4:o4:1 # text = he can, it's real 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | **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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