--- title: the horse said the soldier turned him into an ass, lol, was he right? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds:… · tree and pragmatics description: the horse said the soldier turned him into an ass, lol, was he right? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 388 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a doctor is sent packing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/388-pg21-part9/t10/) [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 Cat and the Birds:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/388-pg21-part9/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a d… the horse said the soldier turned him into an ass, lol, was he right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horse, soldier · **What happens:** say, turn, be · **To what, where:** horse, ass · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 388 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a doctor is sent packing» 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/388-pg21-part9/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t10:1 # text = the horse said the soldier turned him into an ass, lol, was he right? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say 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 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the horse | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **turn** | past | the soldier | horse | | a ass | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into ass=Trajectory | | 3 | **is** | past | soldier | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah, he made him carry wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t10:o1:1 # text = yeah, he made him carry wood 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | wood | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yep, he did ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t10:o2:1 # text = yep, he did 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 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 did do 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 | **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah he did ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t10:o3:1 # text = yeah he did 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do 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 | **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he made him dig holes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t10:o4:1 # text = yeah, he made him dig holes 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dig** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | holes | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=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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