--- title: did the pigs and sheep actually run off or nah — Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the Kin… · tree and pragmatics description: did the pigs and sheep actually run off or nah Test 9 · ★ 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 and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/703-pg2435-part43/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 4… did the pigs and sheep actually run off or nah **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pigs · **What happens:** run off This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t9:1 # text = did the pigs and sheep actually run off or nah 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 actually actually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past · do-support | the pigs and sheep | | | | | actually *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} nah, the kid herded them away on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t9:o1:1 # text = nah, the kid herded them away on purpose 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 herded herd VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **herd away** | past | the kid | them *= they* | | purpose | | away *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, they wandered off by themselves in fright ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, they wandered off by themselves in fright 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander off** | past | they | | | fright | | by themselves *= they* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by themselves=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, the kid herded them away on purpose to trick the herdsman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t9:o3:1 # text = nah, the kid herded them away on purpose to trick the herdsman 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 herded herd VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **herd away** | past | the kid | them *= they* | | purpose | | away *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **trick** | to-infinitive | the kid *not said here* | the herdsman | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herdsman=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} nah, the dog chased them to the swamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t9:o4:1 # text = nah, the dog chased them to the swamp 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past | the dog | them *= they* | | the swamp | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to swamp=Trajectory | **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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