--- title: Which action did the Farmer undertake in order to preserve a portion… — Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Bi… · tree and pragmatics description: Which action did the Farmer undertake in order to preserve a portion of his grain? Exam question 1 of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/371-pg19994-part10/e1/) [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 for Children, The Cat and the Bi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/371-pg19994-part10/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin… Which action did the Farmer undertake in order to preserve a portion of his grain? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** undertake, preserve · **To what, where:** order, portion This is exam question 1 of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» 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/371-pg19994-part10/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e1:1 # text = Which action did the Farmer undertake in order to preserve a portion of his grain? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Farmer Farmer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | which action | | | order | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **preserve** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | a portion of Farmer's grain | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Beneficiary | 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} He chased off the birds with a loud shout ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e1:o1:1 # text = He chased off the birds with a loud shout 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 shout shout NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase off** | past | He | the birds | | | | with a loud shout | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He slew several Cranes with stones from his sling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e1:o2:1 # text = He slew several Cranes with stones from his sling 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Cranes Crane PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sling sling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | past | He | several Cranes | | his sling | | with stones | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent crane=Patient with stone=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} He bought more grain from the market ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e1:o3:1 # text = He bought more grain from the market 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | He | more grain | | the market | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent grain=Theme from market=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} He shot a crane ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e1:o4:1 # text = He shot a crane 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past | He | a crane | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crane=Theme | **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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