--- title: What conclusion does the Swallow's reply to the Crow most clearly im… — Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Ea… · tree and pragmatics description: What conclusion does the Swallow's reply to the Crow most clearly imply? Exam question 4 of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/157-pg11339-part27/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Ea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/157-pg11339-part27/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogu… What conclusion does the Swallow's reply to the Crow most clearly imply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** conclusion, Crow, Swallow · **What happens:** do, imply, reply · **To what, where:** reply This is exam question 4 of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» 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/157-pg11339-part27/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e4:1 # text = What conclusion does the Swallow's reply to the Crow most clearly imply? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Swallow Swallow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 12 advmod _ _ 12 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 imply imply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what conclusion | the Swallow's reply | | | | to the Crow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Eventuality | | 2 | **imply** | infinitive | the Crow *not said here* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **reply** | | the Swallow | | | | | | nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} The Crow wanted to be a princess himself and was envious of her story ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e4:o1:1 # text = The Crow wanted to be a princess himself and was envious of her story 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 7 nmod:unmarked _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the Crow | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a princess | | | | Crow *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the Crow *not said here* | | | | | of princess's story; envious *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Her boasting was not to be trusted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e4:o2:1 # text = Her boasting was not to be trusted 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 boasting boasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **trust** | past · passive | | Her boasting | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Crow was jealous of the Swallow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e4:o3:1 # text = The Crow was jealous of the Swallow 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Crow | | | | | of the Swallow; jealous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} She was a liar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:e4:o4:1 # text = She was a liar 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 liar liar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | She | a liar | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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