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title: Mate, was the monkey's baby proper ugly or what? — Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, was the monkey's baby proper ugly or what? Test 8 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook, part 8: a dog is thr…

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Mate, was the monkey's baby proper ugly or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** baby · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t8:1
# text = Mate, was the monkey's baby proper ugly or what?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the monkey's baby |  |  |  |  | Mate *vocative*; ugly *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 {#o1}

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Nah, it was proper beautiful with a lovely face and hair, but the mum said it was a fright

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t8:o1:1
# text = Nah, it was proper beautiful with a lovely face and hair, but the mum said it was a fright
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	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | with a lovely face and hair; beautiful, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | hair | a fright |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, all bald and flat-nosed and dead ugly, but she still thought it was the best

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, all bald and flat-nosed and dead ugly, but she still thought it was the best
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	nosed	nose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she |  |  |  | still |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, hairless and flat-nosed, a right fright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, hairless and flat-nosed, a right fright
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	hairless	hairless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	nosed	nose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, bald and wrinkly, a right mess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:138-pg11339-part8:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, bald and wrinkly, a right mess
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wrinkly	wrinkly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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