--- title: Bruh, the Prophet's gutted, his house is nicked. How's he acting, ye… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass,… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruh, the Prophet's gutted, his house is nicked. How's he acting, yeah? Test 3 · ★ 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 the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/144-pg11339-part14/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful… Bruh, the Prophet's gutted, his house is nicked. How's he acting, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** house · **What happens:** gut, nick, act · **To what, where:** house This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Bruh, the Prophet's gutted, his house is nicked. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t3:1 # text = Bruh, the Prophet's gutted, his house is nicked. 1 Bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prophet Prophet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 nicked nick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **nick** | present · passive | | his house | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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:* How's he acting, yeah? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t3:2 # text = How's he acting, yeah? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | present · progressive | house | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Crying his eyes out, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t3:o1:1 # text = Crying his eyes out, bruv 1 Crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 compound _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry out** *speech: express* | gerund | | his eyes | | | | out *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's laughing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t3:o2:1 # text = He's laughing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | He | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sitting quiet, sipping tea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t3:o3:1 # text = Sitting quiet, sipping tea 1 Sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sipping sip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 5 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | quiet *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sip** | gerund | | tea | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Going mental, pulling his hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t3:o4:1 # text = Going mental, pulling his hair 1 Going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | | | | | | mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pull** | gerund | Going | his hair | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | **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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