--- title: Which of the following best explains the meaning of the term "lest"… — Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: t… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best explains the meaning of the term "lest" as used in the passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 1771 «Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from a hundred children» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1771-pg641-part22/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/) / [Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1771-pg641-part22/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from… Which of the following best explains the meaning of the term "lest" as used in the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, explain, use, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, passage, term · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 1771 «Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from a hundred children» 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/1771-pg641-part22/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:e4:1 # text = Which of the following best explains the meaning of the term "lest" as used in the passage? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 5 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 6 explains explain 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 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | well *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | | the meaning of the term | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **use** | participle | | | | the passage | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **mean** | | | the term | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} Because ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:e4:o1:1 # text = Because 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Instead of; rather than ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:e4:o2:1 # text = Instead of; rather than 1 Instead instead ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 1 conj _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Although ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:e4:o3:1 # text = Although 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} For fear that; in case ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:e4:o4:1 # text = For fear that; in case 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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