--- title: State the principal moral conveyed by the tale in which the Owl dece… — Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Sto… · tree and pragmatics description: State the principal moral conveyed by the tale in which the Owl deceives the Grasshopper for the purpose of obtaining a meal. Exam question 3 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/146-pg11339-part16/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight s… State the principal moral conveyed by the tale in which the Owl deceives the Grasshopper for the purpose of obtaining a meal. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Owl, purpose · **What happens:** convey, deceive, obtain · **To what, where:** State principal moral, Grasshopper, tale, meal This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e3:1 # text = State the principal moral conveyed by the tale in which the Owl deceives the Grasshopper for the purpose of obtaining a meal. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 conveyed convey 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 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Owl Owl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 deceives deceive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Grasshopper Grasshopper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 obtaining obtain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | participle | | the State principal moral *not said here* | | | | by the tale | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **deceive** | present | the Owl | the Grasshopper | | the tale | | for the purpose | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grasshopper=Patient | | 3 | **obtain** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | a meal | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset meal=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} False confidence often leads to disaster ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e3:o1:1 # text = False confidence often leads to disaster 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 disaster disaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | present | False confidence | | | | | to disaster; often *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to disaster=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Trust in flattery brings a meal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e3:o2:1 # text = Trust in flattery brings a meal 1 Trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 flattery flattery NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | Trust in flattery | a meal | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent meal=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Flattery can bring a good meal to you ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e3:o3:1 # text = Flattery can bring a good meal to you 1 Flattery flattery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | can | Flattery | a good meal | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent meal=Theme to you=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Flattery is harmless ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:e3:o4:1 # text = Flattery is harmless 1 Flattery flattery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Flattery | | | | | harmless *property* | tree rules | **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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