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title: Which of the following constitutes the outcome of the Dogs' attempt… — Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following constitutes the outcome of the Dogs' attempt to reach the Hides by drinking the river dry? Exam question 3 of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

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Which of the following constitutes the outcome of the Dogs' attempt to reach the Hides by drinking the river dry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dogs · **What happens:** follow, constitute, reach, drink, attempt · **To what, where:** outcome, Hides, river

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» 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/154-pg11339-part24/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:e3:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the outcome of the Dogs' attempt to reach the Hides by drinking the river dry?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Hides	Hide	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **constitute** | present |  | the outcome of the Dogs's attempt |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme outcome=Pivot |
| 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | the Hides |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hide=Theme |
| 4 | **drink** | gerund |  | the river |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |
| 5 | **attempt** |  | the Dogs |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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they found the hides and dragged them out of the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:e3:o1:1
# text = they found the hides and dragged them out of the water
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hides	hide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | they | the hides |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Topic |
| 2 | **drag** | past | they *not said here* | hides *= hide* |  | the water |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out water=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they burst themselves with drinking long before the river was shallow, and the wolves ate the hides by morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:e3:o2:1
# text = they burst themselves with drinking long before the river was shallow, and the wolves ate the hides by morning
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burst	burst	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hides	hide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | past | they | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location themselves=Theme |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the river |  |  |  |  | shallow *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **eat** | past | the wolves | the hides |  |  | morning |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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they burst themselves with drinking before the river was shallow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:e3:o3:1
# text = they burst themselves with drinking before the river was shallow
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burst	burst	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | past | they | themselves *= they* |  |  |  | with drinking | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient with drinking=Instrument |
| 2 | **is** | past | the river |  |  |  |  | shallow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they drank too little and gave up before the river was shallow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:e3:o4:1
# text = they drank too little and gave up before the river was shallow
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | they | little |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give up** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the river |  |  |  |  | shallow *property* | tree rules |

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