--- title: The Lamp was dead proud of itself, innit, boasting about the sun? — Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and th… · tree and pragmatics description: The Lamp was dead proud of itself, innit, boasting about the sun? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 393 «Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a bird begs for its life, a Cock argues, and many short animal tales follow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/393-pg21-part14/t11/) [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 Birdcatcher and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/393-pg21-part14/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b… The Lamp was dead proud of itself, innit, boasting about the sun? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lamp · **What happens:** be, boast This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 393 «Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a bird begs for its life, a Cock argues, and many short animal tales follow» 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/393-pg21-part14/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t11:1 # text = The Lamp was dead proud of itself, innit, boasting about the sun? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Lamp Lamp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 boasting boast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Lamp | | | | | of Lamp; proud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund | the Lamp *not said here* | | | | | about the sun | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about sun=Topic | 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} Yeah, it was proud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, it was proud 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, it said it shone brighter than the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t11:o2:1 # text = Yeah, it said it shone brighter than the sun 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **shine** | past | it | | | | | bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, it bragged it was brighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it bragged it was brighter 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bragged brag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brag** *speech: other* | past | it | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | bright *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, it said it was dimmer than the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, it said it was dimmer than the sun 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 dimmer dim ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 ccomp _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | than the sun; dim *property* | tree rules | **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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