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description: To what cause does the narrator attribute the boar's escape from the Old Hound? Exam question 1 of lesson 392 «Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a boar gets scolded by his master» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a b…

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To what cause does the narrator attribute the boar's escape from the Old Hound?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator, boar · **What happens:** attribute, escape · **To what, where:** escape

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 392 «Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a boar gets scolded by his master» 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/392-pg21-part13/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e1:1
# text = To what cause does the narrator attribute the boar's escape from the Old Hound?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | present · do-support | the narrator | the boar's escape |  |  |  | from the Old Hound | tree rules |
| 2 | **escape** |  | the boar |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 aging of the old hound's legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e1:o1:1
# text = the aging of the old hound's legs
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	aging	aging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the decay of the hound's teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e1:o2:1
# text = the decay of the hound's teeth
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decay	decay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decay** |  | the hound's teeth |  |  |  |  |  | nom decay «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the boar's fierce and sudden strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e1:o3:1
# text = the boar's fierce and sudden strength
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	strength	strength	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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his speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e1:o4:1
# text = his speed
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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