--- title: Mate, that Ass is proper loud in the cave, right? What's the Lion's… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass,… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, that Ass is proper loud in the cave, right? What's the Lion's reaction? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 144 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful Ass, a robbed Prophet, and other clever beasts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/144-pg11339-part14/t2/) [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 Lion and the Ass,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/144-pg11339-part14/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful… Mate, that Ass is proper loud in the cave, right? What's the Lion's reaction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, reaction, Lion · **What happens:** be, react · **To what, where:** cave This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 144 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful Ass, a robbed Prophet, and other clever beasts» 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/144-pg11339-part14/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate, that Ass is proper loud in the cave, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t2:1 # text = Mate, that Ass is proper loud in the cave, right? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 proper properly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 12 right right INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Mate | | | the cave | | loud, properly *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the Lion's reaction? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t2:2 # text = What's the Lion's reaction? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 reaction reaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Lion's reaction | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **react** | | the Lion | | | | | | nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He grabs the goats one at a time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t2:o1:1 # text = He grabs the goats one at a time 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grabs grab VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 flat _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | present | He | the goats | | | time | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He runs off, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t2:o2:1 # text = He runs off, mate 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | present | He | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He rounds up goats, takes a nap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t2:o3:1 # text = He rounds up goats, takes a nap 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rounds round VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **round up** | present | He | goats | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent goat=Patient | | 2 | **take** | present | He *not said here* | a nap | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He nails the goats one by one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t2:o4:1 # text = He nails the goats one by one 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 flat _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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