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title: Mate, what did the Frogs wanna lob at Jupiter? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-do… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what did the Frogs wanna lob at Jupiter? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 136 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass wrecks the master's dinner and is beaten» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass w…

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Mate, what did the Frogs wanna lob at Jupiter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, Frogs · **What happens:** do, wanna · **To what, where:** lob, Jupiter

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 136 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass wrecks the master's dinner and is beaten» 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/136-pg11339-part6/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t3:1
# text = Mate, what did the Frogs wanna lob at Jupiter?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Frogs	Frog	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wanna	wanna	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	lob	lob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wanna** | present | the Frogs | lob |  | Jupiter |  |  | 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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A proper moan about the Sun going on about wanting a wife and sons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t3:o1:1
# text = A proper moan about the Sun going on about wanting a wife and sons
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moan	moan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | gerund | a proper moan about the Sun *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | gerund | a proper moan about the Sun *not said here* | a wife and sons |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wife=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A proper long moan about the Sun wanting to marry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t3:o2:1
# text = A proper long moan about the Sun wanting to marry
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	moan	moan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | gerund | the Sun | a proper long moan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a proper long moan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bit of a chat about rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t3:o3:1
# text = A bit of a chat about rain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A proper moan about the Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t3:o4:1
# text = A proper moan about the Sun
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moan	moan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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