--- title: Which of the following best states the moral conveyed by the fable o… — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best states the moral conveyed by the fable of the Wolf and the House Dog? Exam question 1 of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» of the books course of Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/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's Fables, The Wolf and the House…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf… Which of the following best states the moral conveyed by the fable of the Wolf and the House Dog? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** best · **What happens:** follow, state, convey · **To what, where:** moral This is exam question 1 of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» 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/374-pg19994-part13/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e1:1 # text = Which of the following best states the moral conveyed by the fable of the Wolf and the House Dog? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nsubj _ _ 6 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 House House PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Dog Dog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | the best | the moral and the House Dog | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **convey** | participle | | the moral and the House Dog *not said here* | | | | by the fable of the Wolf | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} There is nothing worth so much as liberty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e1:o1:1 # text = There is nothing worth so much as liberty 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 4 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Comfort is worth more than the woods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e1:o2:1 # text = Comfort is worth more than the woods 1 Comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 obj _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Comfort | | | | | than the woods; worth *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hunger makes a dog wise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e1:o3:1 # text = Hunger makes a dog wise 1 Hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Hunger | a dog | | | | wise *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Full bellies outweigh freedom in life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e1:o4:1 # text = Full bellies outweigh freedom in life 1 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bellies belly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 outweigh outweigh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **outweigh** | present | Full bellies | freedom | | | | in life | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot freedom=Theme in life=Attribute | **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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