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title: To what depth was the Fox conveyed by the force of the current? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgeh… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what depth was the Fox conveyed by the force of the current? Exam question 1 of lesson 396 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refuses a kind Hedgehog's offer to shoo away his flies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refus…

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To what depth was the Fox conveyed by the force of the current?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, convey · **To what, where:** Fox

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 396 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refuses a kind Hedgehog's offer to shoo away his flies» 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/396-pg21-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e1:1
# text = To what depth was the Fox conveyed by the force of the current?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Fox |  |  |  | to depth | tree rules |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the Fox *not said here* |  |  |  | by the force of the current | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Into a very deep ravine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = Into a very deep ravine
1	Into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ravine	ravine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Under a big willow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = Under a big willow
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Far downstream into a wide marsh full of reeds and mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = Far downstream into a wide marsh full of reeds and mud
1	Far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	downstream	downstream	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Along a muddy ditch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = Along a muddy ditch
1	Along	along	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ditch	ditch	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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