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title: With reference to the text, what reason did the Judge give for award… — Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the text, what reason did the Judge give for awarding the honey to the Bees? Exam question 2 of lesson 376 «Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the young Larks fear the reapers, but their mother says the wheat is not ready yet» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the…

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With reference to the text, what reason did the Judge give for awarding the honey to the Bees?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** text, Judge · **What happens:** reason, do, give, award · **To what, where:** honey, Bees

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 376 «Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the young Larks fear the reapers, but their mother says the wheat is not ready yet» 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/376-pg19994-part15/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:e2:1
# text = With reference to the text, what reason did the Judge give for awarding the honey to the Bees?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	awarding	award	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reason** |  | the text and reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the text and reason | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | present | the Judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **award** | gerund | the Judge *not said here* | the honey | the Bees |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent honey=Theme to bee=Goal |

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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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The Wasps had stung the Bees too often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:e2:o1:1
# text = The Wasps had stung the Bees too often
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Wasps	Wasp	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stung	sting	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | past · perfect | the Wasps | the Bees |  |  |  | often *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bee=Experiencer |

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

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The Bees had built a honey comb, which the Wasps could not do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:e2:o2:1
# text = The Bees had built a honey comb, which the Wasps could not do
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Wasps	Wasp	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Bees |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary comb=Product |
| 2 | **not** **do** | could | the Wasps | a honey comb |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Bees had more honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:e2:o3:1
# text = The Bees had more honey
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Bees | more honey |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Bees were the older tribe of the hive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:e2:o4:1
# text = The Bees were the older tribe of the hive
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Bees | the older tribe |  |  |  | of the hive | tree rules |

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