--- title: Mate, why did the Ass go all loud and honk? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, why did the Ass go all loud and honk? Test 3 · ★ 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 choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/379-pg19994-part18/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's Skin: a silly bray g… Mate, why did the Ass go all loud and honk? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ass · **What happens:** go, honk This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t3:1 # text = Mate, why did the Ass go all loud and honk? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 loud loud ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 honk honk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the Ass | | | | | Mate *vocative*; loud *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **honk** | infinitive | the Ass *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «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} he was buzzing they fled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t3:o1:1 # text = he was buzzing they fled 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 buzzing buzz VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buzz** | past · progressive | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **flee** | past | they | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was over the moon they all ran off super fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t3:o2:1 # text = he was over the moon they all ran off super fast 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 super super ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | the moon | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run off** | past | they | the moon *not said here* | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme moon=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} he was made up they all legged it off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t3:o3:1 # text = he was made up they all legged it off 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 legged leg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | | 2 | **leg off** | past | they | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he was chuffed they all ran ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t3:o4:1 # text = he was chuffed they all ran 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuff** | past · passive | | he | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | they | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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