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title: Which of the following accurately identifies the animal that the Eag… — Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately identifies the animal that the Eagle accepted as her mate? Exam question 4 of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the animal that the Eagle accepted as her mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Eagle · **What happens:** follow, identify, accept · **To what, where:** animal

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» 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/375-pg19994-part14/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the animal that the Eagle accepted as her mate?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **identify** | present |  | the animal |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 3 | **accept** | past | the Eagle | the animal *not said here* |  |  |  | as Eagle's mate | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme as mate=Attribute |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the Raven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:e4:o1:1
# text = the Raven
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a Hen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:e4:o2:1
# text = a Hen
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hen	Hen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the Kite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:e4:o3:1
# text = the Kite
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Owl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:e4:o4:1
# text = the Owl
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Owl	Owl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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