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title: ayy, what was the mule's dad supposed to be? — Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ayy, what was the mule's dad supposed to be? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o…

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ayy, what was the mule's dad supposed to be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ayy · **What happens:** be, suppose · **To what, where:** dad

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» 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/149-pg11339-part19/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t6:1
# text = ayy, what was the mule's dad supposed to be?
1	ayy	ayy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	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 a** | past | ayy | the mule's dad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | past | ayy |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | to-infinitive | ayy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 fiery racehorse that once won the great race at the king's fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t6:o1:1
# text = a fiery racehorse that once won the great race at the king's fair
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	racehorse	racehorse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
6	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | a fiery racehorse | the great race |  | the king's fair |  | once *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent race=Theme at fair=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a high-spirited horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t6:o2:1
# text = a high-spirited horse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	spirited	spirited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a gentle plow horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t6:o3:1
# text = a gentle plow horse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	plow	plow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a stubborn old ox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t6:o4:1
# text = a stubborn old ox
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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