--- title: was the wind mad about losing? — Aesop for Children, The North Wind and… · tree and pragmatics description: was the wind mad about losing? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 378 «Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak settles the quarrel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/378-pg19994-part17/t11/) [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 for Children, The North Wind and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/378-pg19994-part17/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak se… was the wind mad about losing? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wind · **What happens:** be, lose This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 378 «Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak settles the quarrel» 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/378-pg19994-part17/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t11:1 # text = was the wind mad about losing? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 about about SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the wind | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | gerund | the wind *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} yeah, he sulked all day long ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t11:o1:1 # text = yeah, he sulked all day long 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sulked sulk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sulk** | past | he | | | | day | long *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he laughed it off and went to sleep under a big tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t11:o2:1 # text = nah, he laughed it off and went to sleep under a big tree 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh off** | past | he | it | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | a big tree | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah, he got super mad and blew harder at the traveler for hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t11:o3:1 # text = yeah, he got super mad and blew harder at the traveler for hours 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 super super ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 traveler traveler NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | | | | | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **blow** | past | he *not said here* | | | the traveler | hour | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} prob, but the story doesn't say ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t11:o4:1 # text = prob, but the story doesn't say 1 prob prob NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the story | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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