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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…

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According to the fable of the Dog's House, why did the Dog judge that building a house of adequate size would be unnecessary?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dog judge · **What happens:** accord, build, be · **To what, where:** house

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» 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/401-pg21-part22/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:e3:1
# text = According to the fable of the Dog's House, why did the Dog judge that building a house of adequate size would be unnecessary?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Dog	Dog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	adequate	adequate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	cop	_	_
25	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	25	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 | **build** | past · do-support | the Dog judge | a house of adequate size |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |
| 3 | **is** | would |  |  |  |  |  | accord the fable of the Dog's House; unnecessary *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:e3:o1:1
# text = Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | he |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of great size | tree rules |
| 3 | **stretch out** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  | summer |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer by the warm hearth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:e3:o2:1
# text = Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer by the warm hearth
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | he |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of great size | tree rules |
| 3 | **stretch out** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  | summer | by the warm hearth | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because he slept outdoors in every season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:e3:o3:1
# text = Because he slept outdoors in every season
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | he |  |  |  | season | outdoors *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer and needed no more room

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:e3:o4:1
# text = Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer and needed no more room
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	no	no	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	20	amod	_	_
20	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | he |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of great size | tree rules |
| 3 | **stretch out** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  | summer |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **need** | past | he *not said here* | more room |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot room=Theme |

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