--- title: the dolphin drowned the monkey for lying, proper harsh, yeah? — Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a… · tree and pragmatics description: the dolphin drowned the monkey for lying, proper harsh, yeah? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/397-pg21-part18/t14/) [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 Wizard, part 18: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/397-pg21-part18/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house… the dolphin drowned the monkey for lying, proper harsh, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dolphin, monkey · **What happens:** drown, lie · **To what, where:** monkey This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» 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/397-pg21-part18/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t14:1 # text = the dolphin drowned the monkey for lying, proper harsh, yeah? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dolphin dolphin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drowned drown 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 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | past | the dolphin | the monkey | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Patient | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | the monkey *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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, for the fib about Athens ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t14:o1:1 # text = yeah, for the fib about Athens 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fib fib NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Athens Athens PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, for a joke at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t14:o2:1 # text = nah, for a joke at sea 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, for snoring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t14:o3:1 # text = nah, for snoring 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 snoring snoring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, for a lie about Rhodes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t14:o4:1 # text = yeah, for a lie about Rhodes 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Rhodes Rhodes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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