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title: What did the Town Mouse's manner reveal regarding the simple meal? — Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Town Mouse's manner reveal regarding the simple meal? Exam question 3 of lesson 363 «Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits her city cousin and flees a cat and dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse:…

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What did the Town Mouse's manner reveal regarding the simple meal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, regard · **To what, where:** manner reveal

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 363 «Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits her city cousin and flees a cat and dog» 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/363-pg19994-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:e3:1
# text = What did the Town Mouse's manner reveal regarding the simple meal?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Town	Town	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	reveal	reveal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Town Mouse's manner reveal |  |  |  | regard the simple meal | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reveal=Eventuality |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That she ate only out of courtesy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = That she ate only out of courtesy.
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | That | courtesy |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courtesy=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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That she secretly hated the country meal but ate it all anyway to keep her friend happy and polite.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = That she secretly hated the country meal but ate it all anyway to keep her friend happy and polite.
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past | That | the country meal |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus |
| 2 | **eat** | past | That *not said here* | meal |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | her friend |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That she enjoyed the simple food.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = That she enjoyed the simple food.
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | past | That | the simple food |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That she was pretending to like the plain food so that she would not hurt her friend's feelings at all.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:363-pg19994-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = That she was pretending to like the plain food so that she would not hurt her friend's feelings at all.
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past · progressive | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | the plain food |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **hurt** | would | she | her friend's feelings |  | all |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient |

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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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