--- title: Real talk, did the donkey win in the end? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, did the donkey win in the end? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 387 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous donkey copies a pampered lapdog and gets beaten» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/387-pg21-part8/t12/) [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 and the Lapdog…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/387-pg21-part8/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous… Real talk, did the donkey win in the end? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real talk, donkey · **What happens:** do, win · **To what, where:** end This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 387 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous donkey copies a pampered lapdog and gets beaten» 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/387-pg21-part8/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t12:1 # text = Real talk, did the donkey win in the end? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Real talk | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **win** | present | the donkey | | | | in the end | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in end=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} yes, he was given a reward ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t12:o1:1 # text = yes, he was given a reward 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient reward=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} no, he got beaten nearly to death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t12:o2:1 # text = no, he got beaten nearly to death 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | past · passive | | he | death | | | nearly *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to death=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} no, he was sold at market ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t12:o3:1 # text = no, he was sold at market 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past · passive | | he | | market | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at market=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} no, he lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t12:o4:1 # text = no, he lost 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | he | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: 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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