--- title: Identify the figure in the tale who, having been given shelter, repa… — Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Sto… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the figure in the tale who, having been given shelter, repaid the kindness of the Farmer with a fatal bite. Exam question 2 of lesson 146 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight short animal tales about greed, pride, and bad company» of the books course of Mova's primary s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/146-pg11339-part16/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Sto…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/146-pg11339-part16/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight s… Identify the figure in the tale who, having been given shelter, repaid the kindness of the Farmer with a fatal bite. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, tale · **What happens:** identify, give, be, repay · **To what, where:** figure, tale, given shelter, kindness This is exam question 2 of lesson 146 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight short animal tales about greed, pride, and bad company» 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/146-pg11339-part16/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e2:1 # text = Identify the figure in the tale who, having been given shelter, repaid the kindness of the Farmer with a fatal bite. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 cop _ _ 11 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 repaid repay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Farmer Farmer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the figure | | the tale | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme | | 2 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | gerund · perfect | | given shelter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **repay** | past | the tale | the kindness of the Farmer | | | | with a fatal bite | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent kindness=Recipient with bite=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The Viper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e2:o1:1 # text = The Viper 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Viper Viper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Farmer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e2:o2:1 # text = The Farmer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Farmer Farmer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Wolf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e2:o3:1 # text = The Wolf 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A Snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e2:o4:1 # text = A Snake 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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