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description: With reference to the fable of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, state the nature of the meal first offered to the guest. Exam question 1 of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

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With reference to the fable of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, state the nature of the meal first offered to the guest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** offer · **To what, where:** meal, guest

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» 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/145-pg11339-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:e1:1
# text = With reference to the fable of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, state the nature of the meal first offered to the guest.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Town	Town	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	22	advmod	_	_
22	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | participle |  | the meal *not said here* | the guest |  |  | first *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to guest=Goal |

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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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Bread and cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = Bread and cheese
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cheese and bread, the former having a distinctly sour and pungent flavour to it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = Cheese and bread, the former having a distinctly sour and pungent flavour to it
1	Cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
6	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
7	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
9	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	pungent	pungent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Barleycorns and roots, the latter having a distinctly earthy flavour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = Barleycorns and roots, the latter having a distinctly earthy flavour
1	Barleycorns	barleycorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	_
7	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	earthy	earthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | the latter | a earthy flavour |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flavour=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nuts and berries only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = Nuts and berries only
1	Nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

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