--- title: On awakening, what was the condition of the Tortoise? — Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Torto… · tree and pragmatics description: On awakening, what was the condition of the Tortoise? Exam question 4 of lesson 384 «Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare loses a race to a slow but steady Tortoise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/384-pg21-part5/e4/) [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 Hare and the Torto…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/384-pg21-part5/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare… On awakening, what was the condition of the Tortoise? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** awaken, be · **To what, where:** condition This is exam question 4 of lesson 384 «Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare loses a race to a slow but steady Tortoise» 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/384-pg21-part5/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:e4:1 # text = On awakening, what was the condition of the Tortoise? 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 awakening awaken VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awaken** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the condition | | | | of the Tortoise | tree rules | 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} Lying quietly under the tree beside the goal, dreaming of the race she had just won ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:e4:o1:1 # text = Lying quietly under the tree beside the goal, dreaming of the race she had just won 1 Lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 beside beside ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | gerund | | | | the tree | | beside the goal; quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 2 | **dream** | gerund | | | | | | of the race | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **win** | past · perfect | she | the race *not said here* | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Resting calmly after her long walk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:e4:o2:1 # text = Resting calmly after her long walk 1 Resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | gerund | | | | | after her long walk | calmly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sleeping soundly after a long walk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:e4:o3:1 # text = Sleeping soundly after a long walk 1 Sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 soundly soundly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | after a long walk | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Comfortably dozing after her fatigue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:384-pg21-part5:e4:o4:1 # text = Comfortably dozing after her fatigue 1 Comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 dozing doze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **doze** | gerund | | | | | after her fatigue | comfortably *property* | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fatigue** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom fatigue «state transitive»: poss=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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