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title: Explain the significance of the crow's final lament in relation to t… — Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dol… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain the significance of the crow's final lament in relation to the perils of greed. Exam question 3 of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i…

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Explain the significance of the crow's final lament in relation to the perils of greed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, crow · **What happens:** explain, lament, peril · **To what, where:** significance, perils, relation, greed

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» 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/153-pg11339-part23/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e3:1
# text = Explain the significance of the crow's final lament in relation to the perils of greed.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lament	lament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	perils	peril	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the significance of the crow's final lament | the perils of greed | relation |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent significance=Topic to peril=Recipient |
| 2 | **lament** |  | the crow |  |  |  |  |  | nom lament «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **peril** |  |  | greed |  |  |  |  | nom peril «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The crow perishes because it sought an apparent advantage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e3:o1:1
# text = The crow perishes because it sought an apparent advantage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	perishes	perish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | present | the crow |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seek** | past | crow | a apparent advantage |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The crow dies because it grabbed an apparent prize without caution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e3:o2:1
# text = The crow dies because it grabbed an apparent prize without caution
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	caution	caution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | the crow |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **grab** | past | crow | a apparent prize |  |  |  | without caution | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The crow flew too close to the snake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e3:o3:1
# text = The crow flew too close to the snake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | the crow |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The crow perishes because it grasped at a prize that was never really its own

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e3:o4:1
# text = The crow perishes because it grasped at a prize that was never really its own
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	perishes	perish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grasped	grasp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | present | the crow |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grasp** | past | crow |  |  | a prize |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | past | a prize |  |  |  |  | own *property* | tree rules |

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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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