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title: Proper quick question, what does a pannier look like? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burden… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper quick question, what does a pannier look like? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 137 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey tries to cheat his master with salt and sponges» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey t…

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Proper quick question, what does a pannier look like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pannier · **What happens:** look · **To what, where:** Proper quick question

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 137 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey tries to cheat his master with salt and sponges» 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/137-pg11339-part7/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:t9:1
# text = Proper quick question, what does a pannier look like?
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pannier	pannier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · do-support | a pannier | Proper quick question |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A bag on the donkey's back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:t9:o1:1
# text = A bag on the donkey's back
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two big bags hung over the donkey's back, one on each side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:t9:o2:1
# text = Two big bags hung over the donkey's back, one on each side
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past | Two big bags |  |  | the donkey's back |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over back=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A long leather strap that goes under the donkey's tail and round its belly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:t9:o3:1
# text = A long leather strap that goes under the donkey's tail and round its belly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	strap	strap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	round	round	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a long leather strap |  |  | the donkey's tail |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under tail=Location |
| 2 | **round** | infinitive | a long leather strap *not said here* | tail's belly |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent belly=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A bundle on the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:t9:o4:1
# text = A bundle on the road
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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