--- title: Did the donkey fight back or did she just wimp out? — Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the donkey fight back or did she just wimp out? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1284 «Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey tells the shark how a greedy donkey was tricked by a hare and a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1284-pg3454-part9/t5/) [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/) / [Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1284-pg3454-part9/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey… Did the donkey fight back or did she just wimp out? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** donkey · **What happens:** fight back, wimp out This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1284 «Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey tells the shark how a greedy donkey was tricked by a hare and a lion» 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/1284-pg3454-part9/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t5:1 # text = Did the donkey fight back or did she just wimp out? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 wimp wimp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight back** | past · do-support | the donkey | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wimp out** | past · do-support | donkey | | | | | | 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 {#o1} She booted him really hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t5:o1:1 # text = She booted him really hard 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 booted boot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boot** | past | She | him *= he* | | | | hard *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She gave him a proper kicking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t5:o2:1 # text = She gave him a proper kicking 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 kicking kicking NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | She | a proper kicking | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kicking=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} She kicked him something rotten and bit him for good measure as well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t5:o3:1 # text = She kicked him something rotten and bit him for good measure as well 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 5 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 7 advmod _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 fixed _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | past | She | him *= he* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient something=Result | | 2 | **bite** | past | She *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | for good measure | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She kicked him something rotten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:t5:o4:1 # text = She kicked him something rotten 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 5 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | past | She | him *= he* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient something=Result | **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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