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title: What consequence does the text record for the truthful Traveler who… — Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Do… · tree and pragmatics
description: What consequence does the text record for the truthful Traveler who addresses the Ape king candidly? Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…

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What consequence does the text record for the truthful Traveler who addresses the Ape king candidly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consequence, truthful Traveler · **What happens:** do, address · **To what, where:** text record, Ape king

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e4:1
# text = What consequence does the text record for the truthful Traveler who addresses the Ape king candidly?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Traveler	traveler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	addresses	address	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Ape	Ape	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	candidly	candidly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what consequence | the text record |  |  |  | for the truthful Traveler | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Eventuality |
| 2 | **address** | present | the truthful Traveler |  | the Ape king |  |  | candidly *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Destination |

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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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He is given to the teeth and claws of the Apes and torn apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e4:o1:1
# text = He is given to the teeth and claws of the Apes and torn apart
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Apes	Ape	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | He | the teeth and claws of the Apes |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to tooth=Recipient |
| 2 | **tear apart** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He is given to the teeth and claws of the Apes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e4:o2:1
# text = He is given to the teeth and claws of the Apes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | He | the teeth and claws of the Apes |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to tooth=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is kept as the king's own servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e4:o3:1
# text = He is kept as the king's own servant
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  | as the king's own servant | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He is handed to the lion as a gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:e4:o4:1
# text = He is handed to the lion as a gift
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | present · passive |  | He | the lion |  |  | as a gift | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to lion=Destination |

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