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title: In the tale of the Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, which creature… — Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the tale of the Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, which creature is it that the jackal eventually reaches by means of the heron's information? Exam question 1 of lesson 1667 «Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, part 56: the jackal tricks the dove, then the heron, and find
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# Exam question 1 · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

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In the tale of the Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, which creature is it that the jackal eventually reaches by means of the heron's information?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jackal, Panther, heron · **What happens:** be, reach, mean, tell, inform · **To what, where:** creature · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1667 «Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, part 56: the jackal tricks the dove, then the heron, and finds the panther's den» 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/1667-pg5615-part56/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:e1:1
# text = In the tale of the Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, which creature is it that the jackal eventually reaches by means of the heron's information?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Jackal	Jackal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Dove	Dove	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Panther	Panther	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	16	det	_	_
16	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
22	eventually	eventually	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
24	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	obj	_	_
25	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	heron	heron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	's	's	PART	POS	_	28	case	_	_
30	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | creature |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | present | the jackal |  |  |  |  | eventually *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent by=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present | the Panther |  |  |  |  | of the heron's information; in the tale of the Jackal and the Dove | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in tale=Attribute |
| 4 | **tell** |  | the Jackal and the Dove |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 5 | **inform** |  | the heron |  |  |  |  |  | nom information «communication intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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The dove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:e1:o1:1
# text = The dove
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The heron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:e1:o2:1
# text = The heron
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heron	heron	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 old wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:e1:o3:1
# text = The old wolf
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The panther

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1667-pg5615-part56:e1:o4:1
# text = The panther
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	panther	panther	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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