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title: What quantity of foodstuff did the Soldier provide his Horse during… — Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the H… · tree and pragmatics
description: What quantity of foodstuff did the Soldier provide his Horse during the period of peace? Exam question 3 of lesson 143 «Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare: the Hare sleeps and the Tortoise wins the race» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare: the Hare sleeps…

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What quantity of foodstuff did the Soldier provide his Horse during the period of peace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quantity · **What happens:** provide · **To what, where:** Horse

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 143 «Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare: the Hare sleeps and the Tortoise wins the race» 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/143-pg11339-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:143-pg11339-part13:e3:1
# text = What quantity of foodstuff did the Soldier provide his Horse during the period of peace?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	foodstuff	foodstuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	provide	provide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | past · do-support | what quantity of foodstuff | Soldier's Horse |  |  | during the period of peace |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition horse=Theme |

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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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Some barley and bran

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:143-pg11339-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = Some barley and bran
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bran	bran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing but chaff, plus a few handfuls of grass every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:143-pg11339-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = Nothing but chaff, plus a few handfuls of grass every single day
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	chaff	chaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	handfuls	handful	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A plentiful supply of oats during peace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:143-pg11339-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = A plentiful supply of oats during peace
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	plentiful	plentiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	oats	oat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Nothing but chaff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:143-pg11339-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = Nothing but chaff
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	chaff	chaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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