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title: To what end does the Fox depart upon hearing the Cock's report? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock,… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what end does the Fox depart upon hearing the Cock's report? Exam question 1 of lesson 370 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs off, the Cock wins, and more beast tales follow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…

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To what end does the Fox depart upon hearing the Cock's report?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fox, Cock · **What happens:** do, depart, hear, report · **To what, where:** report

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 370 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs off, the Cock wins, and more beast tales follow» 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/370-pg19994-part9/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e1:1
# text = To what end does the Fox depart upon hearing the Cock's report?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
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	6	det	_	_
6	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	depart	depart	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Cock	Cock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	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 |  |  |  |  | to end |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** | present | the Fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hear** | gerund | the Fox *not said here* | the Cock's report |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer report=Stimulus |
| 4 | **report** |  | the Cock |  |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication 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 {#o1}

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To run away before the Dogs learned of the news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e1:o1:1
# text = To run away before the Dogs learned of the news
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | past | the Dogs |  |  |  |  | of the news | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of news=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To leave the farm entirely before the Dogs could be informed of the news about his defeat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e1:o2:1
# text = To leave the farm entirely before the Dogs could be informed of the news about his defeat
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | the farm |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | could · passive |  | the Dogs |  |  |  | of the news about his defeat | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of news=Topic |
| 3 | **defeat** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom defeat «event transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To hide in the well until the Dogs had been told of the news and the Cock was gone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e1:o3:1
# text = To hide in the well until the Dogs had been told of the news and the Cock was gone
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the well |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in well=Location |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the Dogs |  |  |  | of the news | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | past | the Cock |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

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

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To leave before the Dogs could be informed of the news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e1:o4:1
# text = To leave before the Dogs could be informed of the news
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | could · passive |  | the Dogs |  |  |  | of the news | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of news=Topic |

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