--- title: By what means does the Fox effect his escape from the well? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock,… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means does the Fox effect his escape from the well? Exam question 3 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 question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/370-pg19994-part9/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/370-pg19994-part9/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs… By what means does the Fox effect his escape from the well? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** mean, do, escape · **To what, where:** Fox effect, well · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e3:1 # text = By what means does the Fox effect his escape from the well? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | present | | the Fox effect | | the well | | | tree rules | | 3 | **escape** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} By jumping from the horns of the Goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e3:o1:1 # text = By jumping from the horns of the Goat 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Goat Goat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | gerund | | | | the horns of the Goat | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horn=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} By climbing out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e3:o2:1 # text = By climbing out 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 climbing climb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb out** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By springing from the horns of the Goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e3:o3:1 # text = By springing from the horns of the Goat 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 springing spring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Goat Goat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring** | gerund | | | | the horns of the Goat | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horn=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} By leaping off the back of the Goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:370-pg19994-part9:e3:o4:1 # text = By leaping off the back of the Goat 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Goat Goat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** | gerund | | | | the back of the Goat | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off back=Trajectory | **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. 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