--- title: Identify the precise object whose presence upon the Dog's neck cause… — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the precise object whose presence upon the Dog's neck caused the Wolf to abandon his designs on the Dog's company. Exam question 3 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» --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/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 Wolf and the House…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/374-pg19994-part13/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf… Identify the precise object whose presence upon the Dog's neck caused the Wolf to abandon his designs on the Dog's company. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, neck, Wolf · **What happens:** identify, cause, abandon, design · **To what, where:** precise object, Wolf, designs, company This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e3:1 # text = Identify the precise object whose presence upon the Dog's neck caused the Wolf to abandon his designs on the Dog's company. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 abandon abandon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 designs design NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the precise object | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 2 | **cause** | past | the Dog's neck | the Wolf | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | the Wolf *not said here* | neck's designs | | the Dog's company | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme design=Source | | 4 | **design** | | neck | | | | | | nom design «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The chain fastened to a collar, the mark of which was visible ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e3:o1:1 # text = The chain fastened to a collar, the mark of which was visible 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nmod _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fasten** | participle | | the chain *not said here* | | | | to a collar and the mark of a collar and the mark of a collar | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to collar=Co-Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | the chain | | | | | visible *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **mark** | | | a collar and the mark of a collar and the mark | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A heavy iron ring on his paw ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e3:o2:1 # text = A heavy iron ring on his paw 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A worn leather strap around the neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e3:o3:1 # text = A worn leather strap around the neck 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 worn worn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 strap strap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 around around ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A thin rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:e3:o4:1 # text = A thin rope 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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