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title: is the moral basically that freedom beats a full belly? — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House… · tree and pragmatics
description: is the moral basically that freedom beats a full belly? Test 7 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

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is the moral basically that freedom beats a full belly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** freedom · **What happens:** be, beat · **To what, where:** moral, full belly

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t7:1
# text = is the moral basically that freedom beats a full belly?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moral	moral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	csubj	_	_
4	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	beats	beat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the moral |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **beat** | present | that freedom | a full belly |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location belly=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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nope, a warm house and a full stomach are worth more than any amount of freedom, as the wolf discovered

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t7:o1:1
# text = nope, a warm house and a full stomach are worth more than any amount of freedom, as the wolf discovered
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	obj	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
22	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a warm house and a full stomach |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **discover** | participle |  | the wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **amount** |  |  | freedom |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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yes, nothing is worth more than liberty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t7:o2:1
# text = yes, nothing is worth more than liberty
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	liberty	liberty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  | than liberty; worth *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, a full belly matters most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t7:o3:1
# text = yes, a full belly matters most
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | a full belly |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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yes, but also the dogs were nice and the chain is good too because it keeps you safe from wolves

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t7:o4:1
# text = yes, but also the dogs were nice and the chain is good too because it keeps you safe from wolves
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the dogs |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the chain |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | present | chain | you |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

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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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