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title: What, according to the Fox, would follow the removal of the flies? — Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgeh… · tree and pragmatics
description: What, according to the Fox, would follow the removal of the flies? Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Hedgehog: a hurt Fox refus…

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What, according to the Fox, would follow the removal of the flies?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fox · **What happens:** accord, follow, remove · **To what, where:** removal, flies

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e4:1
# text = What, according to the Fox, would follow the removal of the flies?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | would | the Fox | the removal of the flies |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Theme removal=Attribute |
| 3 | **remove** |  |  | the flies |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Hungrier flies would settle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = Hungrier flies would settle
1	Hungrier	hungry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | would | Hungrier flies |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Others even hungrier than these would arrive from the nearby marsh and bite him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = Others even hungrier than these would arrive from the nearby marsh and bite him
1	Others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hungrier	hungry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	amod	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | would | Others |  |  | the nearby marsh |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from marsh=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **bite** | present | Others *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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

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Others more hungry would arrive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = Others more hungry would arrive
1	Others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | would | Others |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The flies would go away and a hungrier crowd would take their place on him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:396-pg21-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = The flies would go away and a hungrier crowd would take their place on him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hungrier	hungry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go away** | would | the flies |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | would | a hungrier crowd | flies's place |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent place=Theme on he=Destination |

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