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title: Which moral conclusion does the fable draw concerning the reasoning… — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which moral conclusion does the fable draw concerning the reasoning of the innocent? Exam question 4 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 question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

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Which moral conclusion does the fable draw concerning the reasoning of the innocent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moral conclusion, fable draw · **What happens:** do, concern · **To what, where:** fable draw, reasoning

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e4:1
# text = Which moral conclusion does the fable draw concerning the reasoning of the innocent?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	moral	moral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	draw	draw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | moral conclusion | the fable draw |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the fable draw *not said here* | the reasoning of the innocent |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reasoning=Experiencer |

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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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They ignore it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = They ignore it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignore	ignore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present | They | it |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The unjust will not heed it, however calmly it is spoken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = The unjust will not heed it, however calmly it is spoken
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	unjust	unjust	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	heed	heed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	however	however	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **heed** | future | the unjust | it |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  | calmly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bully rejects the plea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = The bully rejects the plea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rejects	reject	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plea	plea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | present | the bully | the plea |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plea=Theme |

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

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The unjust will not heed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = The unjust will not heed it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	unjust	unjust	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	heed	heed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **heed** | future | the unjust | it |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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