--- title: Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose of the… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose of the Fox's proposal to the other Foxes? Exam question 4 of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» of the books course of Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/140-pg11339-part10/e4/) [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 Lion and the Boar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/140-pg11339-part10/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa… Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose of the Fox's proposal to the other Foxes? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** proposal, Fox · **What happens:** follow, describe, purpose, propose · **To what, where:** purpose This is exam question 4 of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» 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/140-pg11339-part10/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:e4:1 # text = Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose of the Fox's proposal to the other Foxes? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **describe** | present | | the purpose of the Fox's proposal to the other Foxes | | | | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme | | 3 | **purpose** | | the Fox's proposal to the other Foxes | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | | 4 | **propose** | | the Fox | | | | | to the other Foxes | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl | 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} To spread attention to his own fortune ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:e4:o1:1 # text = To spread attention to his own fortune 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | to-infinitive | | attention | | | | to his own fortune | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location attention=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To divert attention from his own misfortune ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:e4:o2:1 # text = To divert attention from his own misfortune 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 divert divert VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divert** | to-infinitive | | attention | | his own misfortune | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attention=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} To hide his tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:e4:o3:1 # text = To hide his tail 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | his tail | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} To deflect blame from his own cunning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:e4:o4:1 # text = To deflect blame from his own cunning 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 deflect deflect VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deflect** | to-infinitive | | blame | | his own cunning | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blame=Patient | **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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