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title: What precaution did the Mouse army fail to take, and what was the re… — Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Ju… · tree and pragmatics
description: What precaution did the Mouse army fail to take, and what was the result of that omission? Exam question 2 of lesson 368 «Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock's heavy train keeps him from flying» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock…

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What precaution did the Mouse army fail to take, and what was the result of that omission?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** precaution · **What happens:** do, take, be · **To what, where:** Mouse army fail, result

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 368 «Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock's heavy train keeps him from flying» 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/368-pg19994-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:e2:1
# text = What precaution did the Mouse army fail to take, and what was the result of that omission?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	precaution	precaution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what precaution | the Mouse army fail |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fail=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | what precaution *not said here* | the Mouse army fail *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the result |  |  |  | of that omission | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It appointed no leaders, and it was repeatedly defeated by the Weasels.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = It appointed no leaders, and it was repeatedly defeated by the Weasels.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | past | It | no leaders |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme |
| 2 | **defeat** | past · passive | the Weasels | it |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It sent no scouts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = It sent no scouts.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	scouts	scout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | It | no scouts |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scout=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It hid no food, and the Cats defeated them in every battle they fought.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = It hid no food, and the Cats defeated them in every battle they fought.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | It | no food |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 2 | **defeat** | past | the Cats | them *= they* |  | every battle |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fight** | past | Cats *= cat* | every battle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It ran away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = It ran away.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | past | It |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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