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title: kids say the boy whose dog chased the lambs is "a sheep killer". pas… — Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say the boy whose dog chased the lambs is "a sheep killer". pass it on? Test 18 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

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kids say the boy whose dog chased the lambs is "a sheep killer". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids, dog, boy · **What happens:** say, chase, be, pass on · **To what, where:** lambs, sheep killer, dog · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» of the everyday 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/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t18:1
# text = kids say the boy whose dog chased the lambs is "a sheep killer". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
5	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	killer	killer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
17	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chase** | past | dog | the lambs |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the boy | a sheep killer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | dog |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's a cruel rumour; just keep dogs on a lead near lambs

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t18:o1:1
# text = No, it's a cruel rumour; just keep dogs on a lead near lambs
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a cruel rumour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive |  | dogs |  | a lead |  | near lambs | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dog=Theme on lead=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t18:o2:1
# text = Yes, it's true
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and tell the farmer his name and where he lives so he gets told off

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, and tell the farmer his name and where he lives so he gets told off
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	csubj	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
17	off	off	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the farmer |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient |
| 2 | **live** | present | farmer |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | farmer's name |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 4 | **name** |  | farmer |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he's a sheep killer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, he's a sheep killer
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	killer	killer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a sheep killer |  |  |  |  | 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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