--- title: The Miller and his lad kept switching who rode the Ass, right? Why? — Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and th… · tree and pragmatics description: The Miller and his lad kept switching who rode the Ass, right? Why? Test 13 · ★ 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 an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/393-pg21-part14/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b… The Miller and his lad kept switching who rode the Ass, right? Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Miller · **What happens:** keep, switch, ride · **To what, where:** Ass This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The Miller and his lad kept switching who rode the Ass, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t13:1 # text = The Miller and his lad kept switching who rode the Ass, right? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 switching switch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the Miller and his lad | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **switch** | gerund | the Miller and his lad *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ride** | past | | the Ass | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t13:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} People kept complaining about who rode ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t13:o1:1 # text = People kept complaining about who rode 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 complaining complain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | People | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **complain** *speech: other* | gerund | People *not said here* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ride** | past | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Folk kept moaning whoever was walking or riding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t13:o2:1 # text = Folk kept moaning whoever was walking or riding 1 Folk Folk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 moaning moan VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Folk | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **moan** | gerund | Folk *not said here* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **walk** | past · progressive | whoever | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t13:o3:1 # text = They were tired 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Both of them wanted a rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:393-pg21-part14:t13:o4:1 # text = Both of them wanted a rest 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Both | a rest | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rest=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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