--- title: What reason did the Fox give for declining the assistance? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgeh… · tree and pragmatics description: What reason did the Fox give for declining the assistance? Exam question 3 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 question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/396-pg21-part17/e3/) [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 Fox and the Hedgeh…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/396-pg21-part17/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refus… What reason did the Fox give for declining the assistance? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason, Fox · **What happens:** do, give, decline · **To what, where:** assistance This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e3:1 # text = What reason did the Fox give for declining the assistance? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 declining decline VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | reason | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | the Fox | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **decline** | gerund | the Fox *not said here* | the assistance | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme | 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} Flies were fed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e3:o1:1 # text = Flies were fed 1 Flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past · passive | | Flies | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The flies were already satiated ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e3:o2:1 # text = The flies were already satiated 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 satiated satiate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **satiate** | past · passive | | the flies | | | | | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were full ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e3:o3:1 # text = They were full 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He had already been bitten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e3:o4:1 # text = He had already been bitten 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past · perfect · passive | | He | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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