--- title: What does the Ass in the sacred procession wrongly attribute to hims… — Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and… · tree and pragmatics description: What does the Ass in the sacred procession wrongly attribute to himself? Exam question 2 of lesson 366 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/366-pg19994-part5/e2/) [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 Ass, the Fox, and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/366-pg19994-part5/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a… What does the Ass in the sacred procession wrongly attribute to himself? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Ass, himself, sacred procession This is exam question 2 of lesson 366 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/366-pg19994-part5/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:e2:1 # text = What does the Ass in the sacred procession wrongly attribute to himself? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 wrongly wrongly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 attribute attribute NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the Ass | himself *= he* | the sacred procession attribute | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Eventuality | 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} The gifts from the crowd ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:e2:o1:1 # text = The gifts from the crowd 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The reverence paid to the Image he carries ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:e2:o2:1 # text = The reverence paid to the Image he carries 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | participle | | the reverence *not said here* | | | | to the Image | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **carry** | present | the reverence | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Their honour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:e2:o3:1 # text = Their honour 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **honour** | | Their *= they* | | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The god's own power ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:e2:o4:1 # text = The god's own power 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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