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title: Which of the following statements regarding the wolf's disguise and… — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements regarding the wolf's disguise and its ultimate effect upon the three brothers' flocks is accurate? Exam question 1 of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the w
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# Exam question 1 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part…

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Which of the following statements regarding the wolf's disguise and its ultimate effect upon the three brothers' flocks is accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** follow, regard, be, effect

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» 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/1294-pg3454-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements regarding the wolf's disguise and its ultimate effect upon the three brothers' flocks is accurate?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	'	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; regard the wolf's disguise and wolf's ultimate effect upon the three brothers's flocks; accurate *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **effect** |  | wolf |  |  |  |  | upon the three brothers's flocks | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

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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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The sheep, once wrapped in a wolf's skin, escaped the brothers and ran off into the forest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = The sheep, once wrapped in a wolf's skin, escaped the brothers and ran off into the forest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	off	off	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	into	into	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | participle |  | the sheep *not said here* |  | a wolf's skin |  | once *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in skin=Destination |
| 2 | **escape** | past | the sheep | the brothers |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brother=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **run off** | past | the sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the forest *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into forest=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The wolf, though sewn into a ram's skin, fell asleep and spared the flock in the fold

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = The wolf, though sewn into a ram's skin, fell asleep and spared the flock in the fold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sewn	sew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ram	ram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	spared	spare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fold	fold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | participle |  | the wolf *not said here* |  | a ram's skin |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into skin=Destination |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the wolf |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **spare** | past | the wolf *not said here* | the flock |  | the fold |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent flock=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The wolf, though sewn into a ram's skin, remained alert and destroyed the sheep in the fold

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = The wolf, though sewn into a ram's skin, remained alert and destroyed the sheep in the fold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sewn	sew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ram	ram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	alert	alert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
15	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fold	fold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | participle |  | the wolf *not said here* |  | a ram's skin and remained alert |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into skin=Destination |
| 2 | **remain** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **destroy** | past | the wolf | the sheep |  | the fold |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wolf fled from the fold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = The wolf fled from the fold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fold	fold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | the wolf |  |  | the fold |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from fold=Initial\_Location |

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