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title: so the moral is basically "tyrants always find an excuse," lowkey tr… — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the moral is basically "tyrants always find an excuse," lowkey true tho Test 7 · ★ 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 of each option; 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

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so the moral is basically "tyrants always find an excuse," lowkey true tho

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** moral, lowkey · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t7:1
# text = so the moral is basically "tyrants always find an excuse," lowkey true tho
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moral	moral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	tyrants	tyrant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
14	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
16	tho	tho	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the moral |  |  |  |  | always, basically, find *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | lowkey |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a bully can always find a reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t7:o1:1
# text = a bully can always find a reason
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | can | a bully | a reason |  |  |  | always *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a tyrant hates every single lamb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t7:o2:1
# text = a tyrant hates every single lamb
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | a tyrant | every single lamb |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lamb=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a bully can always find a reason, even when no reason truly exists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t7:o3:1
# text = a bully can always find a reason, even when no reason truly exists
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | can | a bully | a reason |  |  |  | always *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent reason=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **exist** | present | no reason |  |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a bully can always find a reason, and the innocent will never be heard

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:367-pg19994-part6:t7:o4:1
# text = a bully can always find a reason, and the innocent will never be heard
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | can | a bully | a reason |  |  |  | always *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **hear** | future · passive |  | the innocent |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |

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