--- title: so the frogs laughed at the ass in the pond, why? — Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury a… · tree and pragmatics description: so the frogs laughed at the ass in the pond, why? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/395-pg21-part16/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 Image of Mercury a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/395-pg21-part16/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a… so the frogs laughed at the ass in the pond, why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** frogs · **What happens:** laugh · **To what, where:** ass This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» 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/395-pg21-part16/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t10:1 # text = so the frogs laughed at the ass in the pond, why? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | the frogs | | | the ass | | in the pond | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in pond=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} he made a silly noise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t10:o1:1 # text = he made a silly noise 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | he | a silly noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} he cried over a tiny tumble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t10:o2:1 # text = he cried over a tiny tumble 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tumble tumble NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he | | | a tiny tumble | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over tumble=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} he jumped in the pond and splashed about after he was mocked by the crows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t10:o3:1 # text = he jumped in the pond and splashed about after he was mocked by the crows 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 splashed splash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 mocked mock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | he | | | the pond | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Trajectory | | 2 | **splash about** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mock** | past · passive | the crows | he | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he made a fuss over a little fall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t10:o4:1 # text = he made a fuss over a little fall 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fuss fuss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | he | a fuss | | a little fall | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuss=Product | **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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