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title: Identify the lesson conveyed by the coyote's closing remark, and ide… — Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the lesson conveyed by the coyote's closing remark, and identify the speaker's intention in offering it. Exam question 3 of lesson 1267 «Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a peacock, then an arrow, then a fawn, and loses each chance» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 3 · Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a p…

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Identify the lesson conveyed by the coyote's closing remark, and identify the speaker's intention in offering it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, coyote, speaker · **What happens:** identify, convey, offer, remark, intend · **To what, where:** lesson, intention

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1267 «Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a peacock, then an arrow, then a fawn, and loses each chance» 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/1267-pg338-part4/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:e3:1
# text = Identify the lesson conveyed by the coyote's closing remark, and identify the speaker's intention in offering it.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	closing	closing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
18	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lesson |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the lesson *not said here* |  |  |  | by the coyote's closing remark | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **identify** | infinitive |  | the speaker's intention |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent intention=Theme |
| 4 | **offer** | gerund |  | intention |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **remark** |  | the coyote |  |  |  |  |  | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **intend** |  | the speaker |  |  |  |  |  | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Be careful; warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:e3:o1:1
# text = Be careful; warning
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Honor your friends; the speaker means to tease Iktomi for his boasting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:e3:o2:1
# text = Honor your friends; the speaker means to tease Iktomi for his boasting
1	Honor	honor	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	tease	tease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	boasting	boasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honor** | imperative | you *not said here* | your friends |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the speaker |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **tease** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the speaker *not said here* | Iktomi |  |  |  | for speaker's boasting | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iktomi=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Trust nothing; joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:e3:o3:1
# text = Trust nothing; joke
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Do not assume a foe is dead; the speaker intends to warn Iktomi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:e3:o4:1
# text = Do not assume a foe is dead; the speaker intends to warn Iktomi
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	assume	assume	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	foe	foe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	intends	intend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **assume** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a foe |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **intend** | present | the speaker |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the speaker *not said here* |  | Iktomi |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent iktomi=Recipient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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