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title: In whose presence does the Monkey claim that his ancestors were free… — Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Do… · tree and pragmatics
description: In whose presence does the Monkey claim that his ancestors were freedmen of renown? Exam question 2 of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…

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In whose presence does the Monkey claim that his ancestors were freedmen of renown?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ancestors · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** Monkey claim, presence, freedmen

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» 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/398-pg21-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e2:1
# text = In whose presence does the Monkey claim that his ancestors were freedmen of renown?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	freedmen	freedman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	renown	renown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the Monkey claim |  | presence |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | past | his ancestors | freedmen |  |  |  | of renown | tree rules |

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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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The Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = The Fox
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fox	fox	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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Wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = Wolf
1	Wolf	wolf	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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The Ape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = The Ape
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ape	ape	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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Lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = Lion
1	Lion	lion	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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