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title: State which creature, according to the fable of the Man, the Horse,… — Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dol… · tree and pragmatics
description: State which creature, according to the fable of the Man, the Horse, the Ox, and the Dog, takes middle age. Exam question 4 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 Mov
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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i…

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State which creature, according to the fable of the Man, the Horse, the Ox, and the Dog, takes middle age.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State creature · **What happens:** accord, take · **To what, where:** middle age

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e4:1
# text = State which creature, according to the fable of the Man, the Horse, the Ox, and the Dog, takes middle age.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
23	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present | which State creature and the Horse and the Ox and the Dog | middle age |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Ox, whose steady labour characterises that period

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = The Ox, whose steady labour characterises that period
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | the Ox and the Ox and the Ox's steady labour's steady labour | that period |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = The Horse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Horse, whose strength carries the rider home at dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = The Horse, whose strength carries the rider home at dusk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | the Horse and the Horse and the Horse's strength's strength | the rider |  |  | dusk | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rider=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Dog, whose keen nose serves the hunter well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = The Dog, whose keen nose serves the hunter well
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the Dog | the hunter |  |  |  | well *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Attribute |

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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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