--- title: Vibe check, what did the donkey do to his master? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog… · tree and pragmatics description: Vibe check, what did the donkey do to his master? Test 9 · ★ 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 opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/387-pg21-part8/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous… Vibe check, what did the donkey do to his master? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** donkey · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Vibe check This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t9:1 # text = Vibe check, what did the donkey do to his master? 1 Vibe vibe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 check check NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the donkey | Vibe check | | | | to donkey's master | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 {#o1} jumped on his back and then rolled him over the floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t9:o1:1 # text = jumped on his back and then rolled him over the floor 1 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | | | | his back | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | | 2 | **roll** | past | | him *= he* | | the floor | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme over floor=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} kicked his leg ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t9:o2:1 # text = kicked his leg 1 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|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 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | past | | his leg | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} jumped on his back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t9:o3:1 # text = jumped on his back 1 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | | | | his back | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} knocked him over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:t9:o4:1 # text = knocked him over 1 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 over over ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock over** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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