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title: What was the principal consequence of the timid Soldier's conduct on… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal consequence of the timid Soldier's conduct once the Robber had departed? Exam question 2 of lesson 142 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox…

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What was the principal consequence of the timid Soldier's conduct once the Robber had departed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Soldier · **What happens:** be, depart, conduct · **To what, where:** principal consequence, Robber

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 142 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded» 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/142-pg11339-part12/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e2:1
# text = What was the principal consequence of the timid Soldier's conduct once the Robber had departed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	timid	timid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Robber	Robber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal consequence |  |  |  | of Soldier's timid conduct | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Robber |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | Soldier |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He returned and made threatening statements to the absent Robber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e2:o1:1
# text = He returned and made threatening statements to the absent Robber
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **threaten** | gerund | He *not said here* | statements |  |  |  | to the absent Robber | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus statement=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He returned and issued threats against the Robber who had gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e2:o2:1
# text = He returned and issued threats against the Robber who had gone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	issued	issue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	threats	threat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Robber	Robber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **issue** | past | He *not said here* | threats |  |  |  | against the Robber | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location threat=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past · perfect | threats |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He came back to the place where the fight had been and made many loud threatening statements to the absent Robber

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e2:o3:1
# text = He came back to the place where the fight had been and made many loud threatening statements to the absent Robber
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	Robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past | He |  |  | the place |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **make** | past | He *not said here* | many loud threatening statements |  |  |  | to the absent Robber | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset statement=Product |
| 3 | **threaten** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He returned and loudly made threatening statements to the Robber, who had already departed far away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e2:o4:1
# text = He returned and loudly made threatening statements to the Robber, who had already departed far away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Robber	Robber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	already	already	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
17	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **threaten** | gerund | He *not said here* | statements |  |  |  | to the Robber | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus statement=Experiencer |
| 4 | **depart** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Robber |  |  |  | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location |

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