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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short ani…

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Summarise the lesson the text attaches to the story of the Boy and the Filberts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, text · **What happens:** summarise, attach · **To what, where:** lesson

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 139 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short animal tales, each ending with a lesson» 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/139-pg11339-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:e4:1
# text = Summarise the lesson the text attaches to the story of the Boy and the Filberts.
1	Summarise	summarise	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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	attaches	attach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Filberts	Filbert	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summarise** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attach** | present | the text | the lesson *not said here* |  |  |  | to the story of the Boy and the Filberts | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent lesson=Patient to story=Co-Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One should never reach for more than one can hold, and should accept a fair share with patience.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = One should never reach for more than one can hold, and should accept a fair share with patience.
1	One	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reach** | should | One | more |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | can | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **accept** | should | One *not said here* | a fair share |  |  |  | with patience | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Greed brings loss, so take what you can hold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = Greed brings loss, so take what you can hold.
1	Greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Greed | loss |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent loss=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | Greed *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 3 | **hold** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

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

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One should not attempt too much at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = One should not attempt too much at once
1	One	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **attempt** | should | One | much |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Be kind to others.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = Be kind to others.
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to others; kind *property* | tree rules |

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