--- title: Which phrase in the text indicates the Fox's own assessment of the f… — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes… · tree and pragmatics description: Which phrase in the text indicates the Fox's own assessment of the fruit at the close of the tale? Exam question 3 of lesson 133 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes: a hungry Fox jumps for grapes he cannot reach and walks off, calling them sour» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/133-pg11339-part3/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/133-pg11339-part3/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes: a hungry Fox jumps… Which phrase in the text indicates the Fox's own assessment of the fruit at the close of the tale? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phrase, Fox · **What happens:** indicate, assess · **To what, where:** own assessment, fruit This is exam question 3 of lesson 133 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes: a hungry Fox jumps for grapes he cannot reach and walks off, calling them sour» 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/133-pg11339-part3/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:e3:1 # text = Which phrase in the text indicates the Fox's own assessment of the fruit at the close of the tale? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 indicates indicate 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 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 assessment assessment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | present | which phrase in the text | the Fox's own assessment of the fruit at the close of the tale | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot assessment=Topic | | 2 | **assess** | | the Fox | the fruit at the close of the tale | | | | | nom assessment «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} "quite sour" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:e3:o1:1 # text = "quite sour" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 3 det:predet _ _ 3 sour sour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} "very ripe fruit" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:e3:o2:1 # text = "very ripe fruit" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} "sour" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:e3:o3:1 # text = "sour" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 sour sour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "too sweet" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:133-pg11339-part3:e3:o4:1 # text = "too sweet" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 too too ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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