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title: is "dignity" like being cool in front of everybody? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes… · tree and pragmatics
description: is "dignity" like being cool in front of everybody? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 133 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes: a hungry Fox jumps for grapes he cannot reach and walks off, calling them sour» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes: a hungry Fox jumps…

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is "dignity" like being cool in front of everybody?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dignity, front

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 133 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes: a hungry Fox jumps for grapes he cannot reach and walks off, calling them sour» 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/133-pg11339-part3/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:t8:1
# text = is "dignity" like being cool in front of everybody?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	dignity	dignity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | dignity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | front of everybody |  | cool *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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yeah, being proud when you fail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:t8:o1:1
# text = yeah, being proud when you fail
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fail	fail	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | proud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fail** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nah, it's a word for being loud and showing off in front of everybody at school

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:t8:o2:1
# text = nah, it's a word for being loud and showing off in front of everybody at school
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	nmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **show off** | gerund |  |  |  | front of everybody |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah, it means keeping your head high and your pride intact even when things go wrong

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:t8:o3:1
# text = yeah, it means keeping your head high and your pride intact even when things go wrong
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	intact	intact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
17	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | present | things |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **pride** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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yeah, keeping your pride even when it flops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:t8:o4:1
# text = yeah, keeping your pride even when it flops
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	flops	flop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | your pride |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Theme |
| 2 | **flop** | present | pride |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pride** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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