--- title: that ass was well clever, weren't he? — Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24… · tree and pragmatics description: that ass was well clever, weren't he? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/154-pg11339-part24/t10/) [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 Wily Lion, part 24…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/154-pg11339-part24/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu… that ass was well clever, weren't he? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ass, he · **What happens:** be This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» 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/154-pg11339-part24/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t10:1 # text = that ass was well clever, weren't he? 1 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that ass | | | | | clever, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} nah, he was just too honest, got ripped apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t10:o1:1 # text = nah, he was just too honest, got ripped apart 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 csubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 ripped rip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 apart apart ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rip apart** | past · passive | | | | | | apart *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V» | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he was too greedy, got ripped apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t10:o2:1 # text = nah, he was too greedy, got ripped apart 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 ripped rip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 10 apart apart ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | greedy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rip apart** | past · passive | he *not said here* | | | | | apart *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V» | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he was daft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t10:o3:1 # text = nah, he was daft 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 daft daft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | daft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he was smart, but got ripped apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t10:o4:1 # text = yeah, he was smart, but got ripped apart 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 ripped rip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 10 apart apart ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | smart *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rip apart** | past · passive | he *not said here* | | | | | apart *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V» | **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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