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title: Which course of action did the old man recommend to the panther in o… — Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panth… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which course of action did the old man recommend to the panther in order to expose the traitor? Exam question 4 of lesson 1163 «Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tight shoes and the greyhound in sheep's wool» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 4 · Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tig…

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Which course of action did the old man recommend to the panther in order to expose the traitor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** course · **What happens:** recommend, expose · **To what, where:** panther, traitor

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1163 «Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tight shoes and the greyhound in sheep's wool» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1163-pg3027-part29/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e4:1
# text = Which course of action did the old man recommend to the panther in order to expose the traitor?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	recommend	recommend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	panther	panther	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	16	mark	_	_
14	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	fixed	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	expose	expose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	traitor	traitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | past · do-support | which course |  | the panther |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to panther=Recipient |
| 2 | **expose** | to-infinitive | which course *not said here* | the traitor |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot traitor=Topic |

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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}

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a feast with close observation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e4:o1:1
# text = a feast with close observation
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a great feast where everyone must be watched carefully by the panther

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e4:o2:1
# text = a great feast where everyone must be watched carefully by the panther
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	panther	panther	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | must · passive | the panther | everyone |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a feast with close observation of every guest's tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e4:o3:1
# text = a feast with close observation of every guest's tail
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** |  |  | every guest's tail |  |  |  |  | nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a fight in the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1163-pg3027-part29:e4:o4:1
# text = a fight in the field
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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