--- title: Which object did the Ass discover in the forest and wear? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the Ass discover in the forest and wear? Exam question 1 of lesson 379 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's Skin: a silly bray gives the Ass away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/379-pg19994-part18/e1/) [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 in the Lion's…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/379-pg19994-part18/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's Skin: a silly bray g… Which object did the Ass discover in the forest and wear? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, Ass · **What happens:** do, discover, wear · **To what, where:** forest This is exam question 1 of lesson 379 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's Skin: a silly bray gives the Ass away» 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/379-pg19994-part18/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e1:1 # text = Which object did the Ass discover in the forest and wear? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 discover discover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **discover** | present | the Ass | | | the forest | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wear** | infinitive | the Ass *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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} the golden skin of a huge old Lion from the hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e1:o1:1 # text = the golden skin of a huge old Lion from the hills 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the skin of a Lion ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e1:o2:1 # text = the skin of a Lion 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a lion mane ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e1:o3:1 # text = a lion mane 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 mane mane NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the skin of a Lion and its mane ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e1:o4:1 # text = the skin of a Lion and its mane 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mane mane NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` 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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