--- title: What was the Fisherman's decision regarding the small fish? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the Fisherman's decision regarding the small fish? Exam question 3 of lesson 379 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's Skin: a silly bray gives the Ass away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/379-pg19994-part18/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 Ass in the Lion's…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/379-pg19994-part18/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's Skin: a silly bray g… What was the Fisherman's decision regarding the small fish? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, regard · **To what, where:** decision This is exam question 3 of lesson 379 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass in the Lion's Skin: a silly bray gives the Ass away» 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/379-pg19994-part18/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e3:1 # text = What was the Fisherman's decision regarding the small fish? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fisherman Fisherman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Fisherman's decision | | | | regard the small fish | tree rules | | 2 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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} he placed it in his basket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e3:o1:1 # text = he placed it in his basket 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | he | it | | his basket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in basket=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} he dropped it in the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e3:o2:1 # text = he dropped it in the sea 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | he | it | | the sea | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sea=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} he placed it carefully in his basket and went home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e3:o3:1 # text = he placed it carefully in his basket and went home 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 in in 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 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | he | it | | his basket | | carefully *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in basket=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he put it into the basket with the others caught that day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:379-pg19994-part18:e3:o4:1 # text = he put it into the basket with the others caught that day 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 with with SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | he | it | | the basket | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 2 | **catch** | past | the others | | | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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