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title: What emotion does the Cock privately experience while he conceals hi… — Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What emotion does the Cock privately experience while he conceals his alarm from the Fox? Exam question 3 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 t
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…

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What emotion does the Cock privately experience while he conceals his alarm from the Fox?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** emotion · **What happens:** do, conceal, alarm · **To what, where:** Cock, alarm

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e3:1
# text = What emotion does the Cock privately experience while he conceals his alarm from the Fox?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	emotion	emotion	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	5	det	_	_
5	Cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	privately	privately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	experience	experience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	conceals	conceal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what emotion | the Cock  experience |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Eventuality |
| 2 | **conceal** | present | emotion | emotion's alarm |  |  |  | from the Fox | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent alarm=Patient from fox=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **alarm** |  | emotion |  |  |  |  |  | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 -->
A queer, fluttery feeling of fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = A queer, fluttery feeling of fear
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queer	queer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	fluttery	fluttery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A very strong, sudden anger that burned through him like a fire in the night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = A very strong, sudden anger that burned through him like a fire in the night
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | a strong sudden anger |  |  |  | night | through him *= he*; like a fire | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through he=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A queer, fluttery feeling of joy mixed with a strange hope for the future

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = A queer, fluttery feeling of joy mixed with a strange hope for the future
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queer	queer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	fluttery	fluttery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | fluttery feeling of joy *not said here* |  |  |  | with a strange hope; for the future | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with hope=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cold, heavy feeling of sadness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = A cold, heavy feeling of sadness
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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