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description: Of what did the Woodcutter fail to take notice, when the huntsman inquired after the Fox? Exam question 2 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 
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a b…

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Of what did the Woodcutter fail to take notice, when the huntsman inquired after the Fox?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** huntsman · **What happens:** do, take, inquire · **To what, where:** Woodcutter fail, notice

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e2:1
# text = Of what did the Woodcutter fail to take notice, when the huntsman inquired after the Fox?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Woodcutter	Woodcutter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	inquired	inquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	appos	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Woodcutter fail |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fail=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | notice |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme |
| 3 | **inquire** *speech: other* | participle | the huntsman |  |  |  | after the Fox |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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the clear signs pointing toward the hut in the valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = the clear signs pointing toward the hut in the valley
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | gerund | the clear signs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | toward the hut; in the valley | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in valley=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the footprints in the muddy road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = the footprints in the muddy road
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the signs pointing to the hut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = the signs pointing to the hut
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | gerund | the signs *not said here* |  | the hut |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hut=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the marks of the fox nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = the marks of the fox nearby
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** |  |  | the fox |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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