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description: What did the Satyr conclude regarding the Man's conduct in respect of his hands and his porridge? Exam question 4 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 tre
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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox…

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What did the Satyr conclude regarding the Man's conduct in respect of his hands and his porridge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Satyr, Man · **What happens:** do, conclude, regard, conduct, respect · **To what, where:** respect, hands

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e4:1
# text = What did the Satyr conclude regarding the Man's conduct in respect of his hands and his porridge?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Satyr	Satyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	conclude	conclude	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **conclude** | present | the Satyr |  |  |  |  | regard the Man's conduct in respect of Satyr's hands and Satyr's porridge | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **conduct** |  | the Man |  |  | respect of Satyr's hands and Satyr's porridge |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |
| 5 | **respect** |  |  | Satyr's hands and Satyr's porridge |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=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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That the Man was contradictory, using one breath for two opposite ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = That the Man was contradictory, using one breath for two opposite ends
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	contradictory	contradictory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that Man | contradictory |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | contradictory *not said here* | one breath |  |  | for two opposite ends |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent breath=Theme for end=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the Man was odd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = That the Man was odd
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that Man |  |  |  |  | odd *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That the Man was unreliable, blowing one breath for opposite uses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = That the Man was unreliable, blowing one breath for opposite uses
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unreliable	unreliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
12	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that Man |  |  |  |  | unreliable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **blow** | gerund |  | one breath |  |  |  | for opposite | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent breath=Product for opposite=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **use** | present | blowing |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That the Man was inconsistent, employing one breath for opposite purposes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:142-pg11339-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = That the Man was inconsistent, employing one breath for opposite purposes
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	employing	employ	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that Man |  |  |  |  | inconsistent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **employ** | gerund | that Man *not said here* | one breath |  |  |  | for opposite purposes | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent breath=Theme for purpose=Eventuality |

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