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title: Which creature did the Hound pursue in the forest before encounterin… — Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creature did the Hound pursue in the forest before encountering the lion? Exam question 2 of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o…

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Which creature did the Hound pursue in the forest before encountering the lion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** creature, Hound · **What happens:** do, pursue, encounter · **To what, where:** Hound, forest, lion

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» 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/149-pg11339-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e2:1
# text = Which creature did the Hound pursue in the forest before encountering the lion?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	encountering	encounter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which creature | the Hound |  | the forest |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pursue** | present | the Hound *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **encounter** | gerund | which creature *not said here* | the lion |  |  |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lion=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A lesser game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = A lesser game
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lesser	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A young stag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = A young stag
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Some rabbits and other small animals of the forest floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = Some rabbits and other small animals of the forest floor
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A small deer that had wandered into the glade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = A small deer that had wandered into the glade
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	wandered	wander	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	glade	glade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | past · perfect · passive |  | a small deer |  | the glade |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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