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title: Which of the following accurately states the reasoning by which Moti… — Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately states the reasoning by which Moti selected the pony from among the horses of the royal stable when the king called upon him to choose? Exam question 4 of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, an
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…

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Which of the following accurately states the reasoning by which Moti selected the pony from among the horses of the royal stable when the king called upon him to choose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Moti, king · **What happens:** follow, state, select, call, choose · **To what, where:** reasoning, pony · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, and chooses a pony» 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/1300-pg3454-part25/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately states the reasoning by which Moti selected the pony from among the horses of the royal stable when the king called upon him to choose?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
11	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	selected	select	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	among	among	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
23	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
27	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the reasoning |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reasoning=Topic |
| 3 | **select** | past | Moti | the pony |  |  |  | by the reasoning; from the horses of the royal stable | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pony=Theme from horse=Source |
| 4 | **call** | participle | the king |  |  |  |  | upon Moti | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **choose** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moti reasoned that the pony was calmer than the great horses and would not throw him far if he fell

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:e4:o1:1
# text = Moti reasoned that the pony was calmer than the great horses and would not throw him far if he fell
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reasoned	reason	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	advcl	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
18	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reason** | past | Moti |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the pony |  |  |  |  | than the great horses; calm *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **throw** | would | Moti *not said here* | pony |  |  |  | far *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Moti |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moti judged that a fall from a small animal would be less likely to injure him seriously than a fall from a large horse

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:e4:o2:1
# text = Moti judged that a fall from a small animal would be less likely to injure him seriously than a fall from a large horse
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	judged	judge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
12	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
13	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	injure	injure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	than	than	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | past | Moti |  |  |  |  | from a large horse | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | would | a fall from a small animal |  |  |  |  | less, likely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **injure** | to-infinitive | a fall from a small animal *not said here* | Moti |  |  |  | than a fall | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moti thought the small pony would be faster on the road home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:e4:o3:1
# text = Moti thought the small pony would be faster on the road home
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Moti |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | would |  |  |  | the road |  | the small pony *obl:unmarked*; fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Moti concluded that the largest horse in the stable would carry him safest through the forest, so he picked it at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:e4:o4:1
# text = Moti concluded that the largest horse in the stable would carry him safest through the forest, so he picked it at once
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	obl	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | past | Moti |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | would | the largest horse in the stable | Moti |  |  |  | safest *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **pick** | past | horse | forest |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at once=Asset |

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