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description: Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of the term "piper" as employed by the Wolf in this part? Exam question 4 of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 4 · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan…

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Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of the term "piper" as employed by the Wolf in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, employ · **To what, where:** appropriate definition, part

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» 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/362-pg19994-part1/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:e4:1
# text = Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of the term "piper" as employed by the Wolf in this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	definition	definition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	piper	piper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the appropriate definition; of the term | tree rules |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  | the appropriate definition *not said here* |  | this part |  | by the Wolf | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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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A fiddler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:e4:o1:1
# text = A fiddler
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fiddler	fiddler	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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A butcher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:e4:o2:1
# text = A butcher
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	butcher	butcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A person who sells meat at the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:e4:o3:1
# text = A person who sells meat at the market
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | a person | meat |  | the market |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent meat=Theme at market=Asset |

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

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A player of a simple wind instrument

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:362-pg19994-part1:e4:o4:1
# text = A player of a simple wind instrument
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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