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description: In the fable concerning the Witch, what did the judge reproach her for? Exam question 2 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool…

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In the fable concerning the Witch, what did the judge reproach her for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fable, Witch · **What happens:** concern, do · **To what, where:** Witch, judge reproach

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» 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/155-pg11339-part25/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e2:1
# text = In the fable concerning the Witch, what did the judge reproach her for?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Witch	Witch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	reproach	reproach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | the fable *not said here* | the Witch |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus witch=Experiencer |
| 2 | **do** | past | the Witch | the judge reproach |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reproach=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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Stealing from her neighbours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e2:o1:1
# text = Stealing from her neighbours
1	Stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund |  |  |  | her neighbours |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Failing to disarm men's enmity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e2:o2:1
# text = Failing to disarm men's enmity
1	Failing	fail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	disarm	disarm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **disarm** | to-infinitive |  | men's enmity |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus enmity=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Failing to heal the sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e2:o3:1
# text = Failing to heal the sick
1	Failing	fail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **heal** | to-infinitive |  | the sick |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sick=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Failing her spells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e2:o4:1
# text = Failing her spells
1	Failing	fail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | gerund |  | her spells |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Eventuality |
| 2 | **spell** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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