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title: A West Country farmer says, «Proper job, old Shep's at peace now, my… — The old dog, the vet and the hardest g… · tree and pragmatics
description: A West Country farmer says, «Proper job, old Shep's at peace now, my lover.» («Proper job» means «well done, that's right»; «my lover» is a friendly «dear».) What is he feeling? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 56 «The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary sc
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye

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A West Country farmer says, «Proper job, old Shep's at peace now, my lover.» («Proper job» means «well done, that's right»; «my lover» is a friendly «dear».) What is he feeling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Country farmer, Proper job, that, lover, farmer · **What happens:** say, mean, do, be, feel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 56 «The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A West Country farmer says, «Proper job, old Shep's at peace now, my lover.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:t5:1
# text = A West Country farmer says, «Proper job, old Shep's at peace now, my lover.»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Shep	Shep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Country farmer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* («Proper job» means «well done, that's right»; «my lover» is a friendly «dear».)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:t5:2
# text = («Proper job» means «well done, that's right»; «my lover» is a friendly «dear».)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Proper job |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | participle | Proper job *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my lover |  |  |  |  | dear *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is he feeling?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:t5:3
# text = What is he feeling?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present · progressive | farmer |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Angry with whoever he is talking to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:t5:o1:1
# text = Angry with whoever he is talking to
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Calm that his dog is no longer in pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:t5:o2:1
# text = Calm that his dog is no longer in pain
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	no	no	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | his dog |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In love with the person he is speaking to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:t5:o3:1
# text = In love with the person he is speaking to
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · progressive | person | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Glad the dog has run off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:t5:o4:1
# text = Glad the dog has run off
1	Glad	glad	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glad** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run off** | present · perfect · passive |  | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent |

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