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title: was the mum monkey fair to both babies, innit? — Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury a… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the mum monkey fair to both babies, innit? Test 4 · ★ 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 option; 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a…

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was the mum monkey fair to both babies, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum monkey · **What happens:** be, innit

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t4:1
# text = was the mum monkey fair to both babies, innit?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the mum monkey |  |  |  |  | to both babies; fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the mum monkey *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she loved one more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t4:o1:1
# text = no, she loved one more
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | she | one more |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she spoiled one and ignored the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t4:o2:1
# text = no, she spoiled one and ignored the other
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spoiled	spoil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spoil** | past | she | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ignore** | past | she *not said here* | the other |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yes, she treated both babies the same, giving each equal hugs and milk every night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t4:o3:1
# text = yes, she treated both babies the same, giving each equal hugs and milk every night
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	treated	treat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hugs	hug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past | she | both babies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | she *not said here* | each equal hugs and milk |  |  | night |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hug=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she smothered the favourite with hugs and ignored the other one completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t4:o4:1
# text = no, she smothered the favourite with hugs and ignored the other one completely
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	smothered	smother	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	favourite	favourite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hugs	hug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smother** | past | she | the favourite |  |  |  | with hugs | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent favourite=Destination with hug=Theme |
| 2 | **ignore** | past | she *not said here* | the other one |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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