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title: What opinion does the Tanner express concerning the material for the… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What opinion does the Tanner express concerning the material for the fortifications? Exam question 4 of lesson 144 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful Ass, a robbed Prophet, and other clever beasts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…

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What opinion does the Tanner express concerning the material for the fortifications?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** opinion, Tanner express · **What happens:** do, concern · **To what, where:** Tanner express, material

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 144 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful Ass, a robbed Prophet, and other clever beasts» 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/144-pg11339-part14/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:e4:1
# text = What opinion does the Tanner express concerning the material for the fortifications?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Tanner	Tanner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	express	express	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fortifications	fortification	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | opinion | the Tanner express |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the Tanner express *not said here* | the material |  |  |  | for the fortifications | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus material=Experiencer |

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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 there is nothing comparable to leather for building any kind of strong defences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:e4:o1:1
# text = That there is nothing comparable to leather for building any kind of strong defences
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
5	comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	leather	leather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	defences	defence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  | comparable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leather** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **build** | gerund | nothing *not said here* | any kind of strong defences |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kind=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That iron walls beat every leather hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:e4:o2:1
# text = That iron walls beat every leather hide
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	beat	beat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wall** |  | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **beat** | present | iron walls | every leather hide |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hide=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That there is nothing comparable to leather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:e4:o3:1
# text = That there is nothing comparable to leather
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
5	comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	leather	leather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | That |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leather** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That wood is far better than any leather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:e4:o4:1
# text = That wood is far better than any leather
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that wood |  |  |  |  | than any leather; far, good *property* | tree rules |

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