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title: mate, the town mouse was well full of himself, wasn't he? what did h… — Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate, the town mouse was well full of himself, wasn't he? what did he call his larder Test 2 · ★ of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

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mate, the town mouse was well full of himself, wasn't he? what did he call his larder

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, mouse · **What happens:** be, not be

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» 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/145-pg11339-part15/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t2:1
# text = mate, the town mouse was well full of himself, wasn't he? what did he call his larder
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
17	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	larder	larder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | mate |  |  |  |  | of mouse; full, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past · do-support | mouse |  |  |  |  | call *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 {#o1}

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a big stash of food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t2:o1:1
# text = a big stash of food
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stash	stash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stash** |  |  | food |  |  |  |  | nom stash «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a horn of plenty full of posh grub and wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t2:o2:1
# text = a horn of plenty full of posh grub and wine
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a golden pantry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t2:o3:1
# text = a golden pantry
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pantry	pantry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a horn of plenty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t2:o4:1
# text = a horn of plenty
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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