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title: Lily's cousin: «them geese hate even the vicar». What's the wise thi… — The dog that wags at last, and the one… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily's cousin: «them geese hate even the vicar». What's the wise thing for visitors? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 459 «The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 6 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

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Lily's cousin: «them geese hate even the vicar». What's the wise thing for visitors?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** them, wise thing · **What happens:** hate, be · **To what, where:** vicar

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 459 «The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does» 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/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily's cousin: «them geese hate even the vicar».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t6:1
# text = Lily's cousin: «them geese hate even the vicar».
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | them *= they* | the vicar |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the wise thing for visitors?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t6:2
# text = What's the wise thing for visitors?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	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	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise thing for visitors |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chase them so they learn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t6:o1:1
# text = Chase them so they learn
1	Chase	chase	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Wave from the gate and stay out of their space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t6:o2:1
# text = Wave from the gate and stay out of their space
1	Wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay out** | infinitive | Wave from the gate | their space |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme space=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bring a big bag of bread and win them over slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t6:o3:1
# text = Bring a big bag of bread and win them over slowly
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | a big bag of bread |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
| 2 | **win over** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask the vicar for advice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t6:o4:1
# text = Ask the vicar for advice
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the vicar |  |  |  | for advice | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vicar=Recipient |

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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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