--- title: Sus, what did the Fox reckon the Ass should've done? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's… · tree and pragmatics description: Sus, what did the Fox reckon the Ass should've done? Test 5 · ★ 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 wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/379-pg19994-part18/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's Skin: a silly bray g… Sus, what did the Fox reckon the Ass should've done? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fox, Sus · **What happens:** reckon, do · **To what, where:** Sus This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t5:1 # text = Sus, what did the Fox reckon the Ass should've done? 1 Sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 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 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 've have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 12 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the Fox | Sus | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Theme ass=Attribute | | 2 | **do** | should · perfect | Sus | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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} stay quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t5:o1:1 # text = stay quiet 1 stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} kept his mouth shut ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t5:o2:1 # text = kept his mouth shut 1 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | | his mouth | | | | shut *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} should've kept schtum ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t5:o3:1 # text = should've kept schtum 1 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 've have AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 schtum schtum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | should · perfect | | schtum | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} should've stayed mute ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:t5:o4:1 # text = should've stayed mute 1 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 've have AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 mute mute NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | should · perfect | | mute | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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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