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# Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook, part 8: a dog is thr…

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The ass dressed in a lion skin, proper sly, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** dress, innit · **To what, where:** ass, lion skin

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 138 «Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook, part 8: a dog is thrown out of a feast, a vain Monkey is trapped, and more short fables» 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/138-pg11339-part8/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t12:1
# text = The ass dressed in a lion skin, proper sly, innit?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	sly	sly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle |  | the ass *not said here* |  | a lion skin |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | properly, sly *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, and the fox spotted his braying straight off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, and the fox spotted his braying straight off
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spotted	spot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	braying	bray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	off	off	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past | the fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 2 | **bray** | gerund | fox |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, the animals were all scared of him and ran off into the woods straight away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, the animals were all scared of him and ran off into the woods straight away
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the animals |  |  |  |  | of him *= he*; all, scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run off** | past | the animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the woods *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, the fox saw through him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the fox saw through him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the fox |  |  |  |  | through him *= he* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, but the fox spotted his braying and his long ears straight off as he walked up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, but the fox spotted his braying and his long ears straight off as he walked up
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spotted	spot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	braying	bray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	off	off	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past | the fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 2 | **bray** | gerund | fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **walk up** | past | fox |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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