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title: Which action does the Cock perform immediately before he composes hi… — Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action does the Cock perform immediately before he composes himself to rest? Exam question 2 of lesson 369 «Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox begs a wary Cock to come down with false news of peace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…

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Which action does the Cock perform immediately before he composes himself to rest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, Cock · **What happens:** perform, compose, rest · **To what, where:** Cock

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 369 «Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox begs a wary Cock to come down with false news of peace» 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/369-pg19994-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e2:1
# text = Which action does the Cock perform immediately before he composes himself to rest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	composes	compose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | present · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **compose** | present | Cock | Cock |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Result |
| 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Cock *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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He tucks his head under wing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = He tucks his head under wing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tucks	tuck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | present | He | his head |  | wing |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent head=Theme under wing=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He flaps his wings three times and crows loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = He flaps his wings three times and crows loudly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flaps	flap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flap** | present | He | his wings |  |  | time | loudly *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He flaps his wings and crows loudly before he finally settles in the leaves to sleep

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = He flaps his wings and crows loudly before he finally settles in the leaves to sleep
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flaps	flap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	settles	settle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flap** | present | He | his wings and crows |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |
| 2 | **settle** | present | he |  |  | the leaves |  | finally *property* | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in leaf=Location |
| 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He flies to the top and sings a short song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = He flies to the top and sings a short song
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | He |  |  |  |  | to the top *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to top=Result |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | He *not said here* | a short song |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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