--- title: Is "thrifty" like being a total cheapskate or what? — Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants:… · tree and pragmatics description: Is "thrifty" like being a total cheapskate or what? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/t13/) [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/) / [Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a… Is "thrifty" like being a total cheapskate or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» 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/135-pg11339-part5/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t13:1 # text = Is "thrifty" like being a total cheapskate or what? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 thrifty thrifty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cheapskate cheapskate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | thrifty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | like a total cheapskate | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yeah, it means being a cheapskate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t13:o1:1 # text = Yeah, it means being a cheapskate 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 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cheapskate cheapskate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | | a cheapskate | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, it's mean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t13:o2:1 # text = Yeah, it's mean 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 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 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, it means careful not to waste stuff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t13:o3:1 # text = Nah, it means careful not to waste stuff 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 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 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | careful *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **waste** | to-infinitive | | stuff | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, it means hating to spend a bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t13:o4:1 # text = Yeah, it means hating to spend a bit 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 hating hate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **hate** | gerund | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **spend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a bit | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Asset | **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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