--- title: yo did the ass actually go off the cliff, or nah? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver… · tree and pragmatics description: yo did the ass actually go off the cliff, or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 404 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is hauled back by the tail, and the fables that follow each end with a small lesson.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/404-pg21-part25/t1/) [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 Ass and His Driver…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/404-pg21-part25/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is h… yo did the ass actually go off the cliff, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** yo, ass · **What happens:** do, go off · **To what, where:** ass, cliff This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 404 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is hauled back by the tail, and the fables that follow each end with a small lesson.» 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/404-pg21-part25/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t1:1 # text = yo did the ass actually go off the cliff, or nah? 1 yo you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 off off ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 nah nah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | yo | the ass | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Eventuality | | 2 | **go off** | present | the ass *not said here* | the cliff | | | | actually *property* | tree rules | 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} yeah, he went off the cliff and landed in the river below, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t1:o1:1 # text = yeah, he went off the cliff and landed in the river below, lol 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 below below ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past | he | the cliff | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **land** | past | he *not said here* | | | the river | | below *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in river=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nah, he almost did, the owner grabbed his tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t1:o2:1 # text = nah, he almost did, the owner grabbed his tail 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 almost almost ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | he | | | | | almost *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grab** | past | the owner | owner's tail | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, he fell right off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t1:o3:1 # text = yeah, he fell right off 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 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 right right ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 off off ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | he | | | | | off *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, he stopped just short ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t1:o4:1 # text = nah, he stopped just short 1 nah nah 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 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | he | | | | | short *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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