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title: Which of the following describes the provision made for the Ass with… — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the provision made for the Ass within the stable? Exam question 1 of lesson 387 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous donkey copies a pampered lapdog and gets beaten» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous…

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Which of the following describes the provision made for the Ass within the stable?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, make · **To what, where:** provision

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 387 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous donkey copies a pampered lapdog and gets beaten» 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/387-pg21-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the provision made for the Ass within the stable?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	within	within	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the provision | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | the provision *not said here* |  |  |  | for the Ass; within the stable | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for ass=Asset |

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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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a warm stall with plenty of oats, hay and water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = a warm stall with plenty of oats, hay and water
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stall	stall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	oats	oat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a bed of clean straw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = a bed of clean straw
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a comfortable stable stocked with food and a warm bed each night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = a comfortable stable stocked with food and a warm bed each night
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	stocked	stock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stock** | participle |  | a comfortable stable *not said here* |  |  | night | with food and a warm bed | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with food=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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plenty of oats and hay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:387-pg21-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = plenty of oats and hay
1	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	oats	oat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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