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title: the travellers were mad hot, weren't they? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver… · tree and pragmatics
description: the travellers were mad hot, weren't they? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics of th
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is h…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the travellers were mad hot, weren't they?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** travellers · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t8:1
# text = the travellers were mad hot, weren't they?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the travellers |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | travellers *= traveller* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the summer sun was wrecking them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t8:o1:1
# text = yeah, the summer sun was wrecking them
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	wrecking	wreck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | past · progressive | the summer sun | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they were cold because the winter wind was blowing hard across the valley

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t8:o2:1
# text = nah, they were cold because the winter wind was blowing hard across the valley
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
13	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **blow** | past · progressive | the winter wind |  |  | the valley |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the summer sun was wrecking them and they had no water left to drink, bruv

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t8:o3:1
# text = yeah, the summer sun was wrecking them and they had no water left to drink, bruv
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	wrecking	wreck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | past · progressive | the summer sun | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | they | no water and bruv |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  | no water and bruv *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **drink** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the breeze was cooling them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t8:o4:1
# text = nah, the breeze was cooling them
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	cooling	cool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | past · progressive | the breeze | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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