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title: Upon what occasion did the Wolf express his reflections on mankind? — Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a M… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what occasion did the Wolf express his reflections on mankind? Exam question 2 of lesson 373 «Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold is stolen, and a stranger gives strange advice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold i…

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Upon what occasion did the Wolf express his reflections on mankind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Wolf · **What happens:** express · **To what, where:** reflections, mankind

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 373 «Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold is stolen, and a stranger gives strange advice» 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/373-pg19994-part12/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e2:1
# text = Upon what occasion did the Wolf express his reflections on mankind?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	express	express	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	reflections	reflection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	mankind	mankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | past · do-support | the Wolf | Wolf's reflections |  | mankind |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reflection=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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Upon watching the Shepherd's sheep graze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e2:o1:1
# text = Upon watching the Shepherd's sheep graze
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	graze	graze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | the Shepherd's sheep |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme |
| 2 | **graze** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Upon observing the Shepherd's family feasting on lamb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e2:o2:1
# text = Upon observing the Shepherd's family feasting on lamb
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	feasting	feast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | gerund |  | the Shepherd's family |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent family=Topic |
| 2 | **feast** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on lamb | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on lamb=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Upon observing the Shepherd's whole household gathered at a roast dinner of fresh lamb

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e2:o3:1
# text = Upon observing the Shepherd's whole household gathered at a roast dinner of fresh lamb
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | gerund |  | the Shepherd's whole household |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent household=Topic |
| 2 | **gather** | past |  |  |  | a roast dinner of fresh lamb |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Upon observing the Shepherd's family quarrelling loudly over a dinner of goat meat and bread

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e2:o4:1
# text = Upon observing the Shepherd's family quarrelling loudly over a dinner of goat meat and bread
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	quarrelling	quarrell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | gerund |  | the Shepherd's family |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent family=Topic |
| 2 | **quarrell** | gerund |  |  |  | a dinner of goat meat and bread |  | loudly *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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