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description: Identify the reason given in the text for the wolf's failure to attack the girl immediately in the forest. Exam question 1 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks t…

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Identify the reason given in the text for the wolf's failure to attack the girl immediately in the forest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wolf · **What happens:** identify, give, attack, fail · **To what, where:** reason, text, girl, forest

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» 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/1426-pg503-part13/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e1:1
# text = Identify the reason given in the text for the wolf's failure to attack the girl immediately in the forest.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the reason *not said here* |  | the text |  | for the wolf's failure | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for failure=Asset |
| 3 | **attack** | to-infinitive |  | the girl |  | the forest |  | immediately *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
| 4 | **fail** |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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The wolf's hesitation caused by the presence of faggot-makers and their noisy axes in the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e1:o1:1
# text = The wolf's hesitation caused by the presence of faggot-makers and their noisy axes in the wood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hesitation	hesitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	faggot	faggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	axes	ax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle |  | the wolf's hesitation *not said here* |  |  |  | by the presence of faggot makers and makers's noisy axes; in the wood | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition in wood=Patient |
| 2 | **hesitate** |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  |  | nom hesitation «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The presence of faggot-makers nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e1:o2:1
# text = The presence of faggot-makers nearby
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	faggot	faggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The presence of faggot-makers working nearby in the forest clearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e1:o3:1
# text = The presence of faggot-makers working nearby in the forest clearing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	faggot	faggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	clearing	clearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund | faggot makers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the forest clearing; nearby *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in clearing=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The presence of woodcutters nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e1:o4:1
# text = The presence of woodcutters nearby
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	woodcutters	woodcutter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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