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title: Which action did the Lark mother judge to be a sign that the farmer… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the Lark mother judge to be a sign that the farmer was truly in earnest? Exam question 1 of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui…

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Which action did the Lark mother judge to be a sign that the farmer was truly in earnest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, farmer · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** Lark mother judge, sign

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» 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/399-pg21-part20/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:e1:1
# text = Which action did the Lark mother judge to be a sign that the farmer was truly in earnest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	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	7	det	_	_
5	Lark	Lark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	earnest	earn	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action | the Lark mother judge |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judge=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a sign |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the farmer |  |  |  |  | earn, truly *property* | 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 {#o1}

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His determination to harvest the whole field himself without any help from the neighbours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:e1:o1:1
# text = His determination to harvest the whole field himself without any help from the neighbours
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	determination	determination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	harvest	harvest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	nmod	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harvest** | to-infinitive | His determination | the whole field  determination |  | the neighbours |  | without any help | tree rules |
| 2 | **determine** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom determination «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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His resolve to reap the field personally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:e1:o2:1
# text = His resolve to reap the field personally
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	resolve	resolve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reap	reap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reap** | to-infinitive | His resolve | the field |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His promise to sell the crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:e1:o3:1
# text = His promise to sell the crops
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  | the crops |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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His resolve to reap the field personally with his own hands at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:e1:o4:1
# text = His resolve to reap the field personally with his own hands at dawn
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	resolve	resolve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reap	reap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reap** | to-infinitive | His resolve | the field |  |  | dawn | with resolve's own hands; personally *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme |

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