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title: so the town mouse is like, extra, right? — Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the town mouse is like, extra, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a co…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the town mouse is like, extra, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» 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/400-pg21-part21/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t3:1
# text = so the town mouse is like, extra, right?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	extra	extra	INTJ	UH	_	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he totally brags about his luxury and the feast he has at home lol

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, he totally brags about his luxury and the feast he has at home lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	brags	brag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	luxury	luxury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brag** *speech: other* | present | he |  |  |  |  | about his luxury and the feast; totally *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about luxury=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | he | the feast *not said here* |  | home |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he brags about his luxury food and his fancy house all day long

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah, he brags about his luxury food and his fancy house all day long
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brags	brag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	luxury	luxury	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brag** *speech: other* | present | he |  |  |  | day | about his luxury food and his fancy house; long *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about food=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he flexes his fancy stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t3:o3:1
# text = yep, he flexes his fancy stuff
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flexes	flex	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flex** | present | he | his fancy stuff |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he brags about his luxury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t3:o4:1
# text = yeah, he brags about his luxury
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brags	brag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	luxury	luxury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brag** *speech: other* | present | he |  |  |  |  | about his luxury | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about luxury=Topic |

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