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description: What fault does the Wolf assign to the Lamb's family following her denial of fraternal guilt? Exam question 3 of lesson 367 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excuses to eat a Lamb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

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What fault does the Wolf assign to the Lamb's family following her denial of fraternal guilt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fault, family · **What happens:** do, follow, deny · **To what, where:** Wolf assign, denial, fraternal guilt

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 367 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excuses to eat a Lamb» 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/367-pg19994-part6/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e3:1
# text = What fault does the Wolf assign to the Lamb's family following her denial of fraternal guilt?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	fault	fault	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	6	det	_	_
5	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	assign	assign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Lamb	Lamb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	denial	denial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	fraternal	fraternal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | fault | the Wolf assign |  |  |  | to the Lamb's family | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the Lamb's family *not said here* | fault's denial of fraternal guilt |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent denial=Theme |
| 3 | **deny** |  | fault | fraternal guilt |  |  |  |  | nom denial «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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Lying about him at some point during the previous year and beyond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e3:o1:1
# text = Lying about him at some point during the previous year and beyond
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	previous	previous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | some point | year | about him *= he* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about he=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stealing from him last year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e3:o2:1
# text = Stealing from him last year
1	Stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund |  |  |  |  | year | from him *= he* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lying about him at some point, and then trying to hide the evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e3:o3:1
# text = Lying about him at some point, and then trying to hide the evidence
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | some point |  | about him *= he* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about he=Location |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | Lying |  |  |  | then |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lying *not said here* | the evidence |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Patient |

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

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Lying about him at some point

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e3:o4:1
# text = Lying about him at some point
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | some point |  | about him *= he* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about he=Location |

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