--- title: Those dogs chewing a lion's skin, bare funny, right? — Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dol… · tree and pragmatics description: Those dogs chewing a lion's skin, bare funny, right? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/t6/) [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 Monkey and the Dol…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i… Those dogs chewing a lion's skin, bare funny, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dogs · **What happens:** chew · **To what, where:** skin This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» 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/153-pg11339-part23/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t6:1 # text = Those dogs chewing a lion's skin, bare funny, right? 1 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 3 chewing chew VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 right right INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chew** | gerund | that dogs *not said here* | a lion's skin | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, the fox said real lions have sharper claws ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t6:o1:1 # text = Yeah, the fox said real lions have sharper claws 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 sharper sharp ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present | real lions | sharper claws | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, the dogs were chewing a bear skin the hunter left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t6:o2:1 # text = Nah, the dogs were chewing a bear skin the hunter left 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 chewing chew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chew** | past · progressive | the dogs | a bear skin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | the hunter *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, the fox said real lions have sharper teeth and claws ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t6:o3:1 # text = Yeah, the fox said real lions have sharper teeth and claws 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 sharper sharp ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present | real lions | sharper teeth and claws | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, the fox was right ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t6:o4:1 # text = Yeah, the fox was right 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the fox | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | **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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