--- title: Dead, the little frog was so ridiculous, puffing and puffing? — Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His… · tree and pragmatics description: Dead, the little frog was so ridiculous, puffing and puffing? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 141 «Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog is fed only when the work stops» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/141-pg11339-part11/t9/) [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's Fables, The Blacksmith and His…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/141-pg11339-part11/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i… Dead, the little frog was so ridiculous, puffing and puffing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dead little frog · **What happens:** be, puff This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 141 «Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog is fed only when the work stops» 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/141-pg11339-part11/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:t9:1 # text = Dead, the little frog was so ridiculous, puffing and puffing? 1 Dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 ridiculous ridiculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 puffing puff VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 puffing puff VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Dead little frog | | | | | ridiculous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **puff** | gerund | the Dead little frog *not said here* | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 3 | **puff** | gerund | the Dead little frog *not said here* | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | 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} She burst trying to look as big as the ox ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:t9:o1:1 # text = She burst trying to look as big as the ox 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | past | She | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | big *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} She swelled trying to look like a bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:t9:o2:1 # text = She swelled trying to look like a bird 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swelled swell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swell** | past | She | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | like a bird | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} She jumped away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:t9:o3:1 # text = She jumped away 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump away** | past | She | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She burst trying to look as tall as the cow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:t9:o4:1 # text = She burst trying to look as tall as the cow 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | past | She | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | tall *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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