--- title: Identify the creature which, in the absence of the Fox, seized and r… — Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox:… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the creature which, in the absence of the Fox, seized and removed one of her offspring. Exam question 1 of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/402-pg21-part23/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/402-pg21-part23/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th… Identify the creature which, in the absence of the Fox, seized and removed one of her offspring. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, seize, remove, absent · **To what, where:** creature, absence, one, Fox This is exam question 1 of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» 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/402-pg21-part23/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e1:1 # text = Identify the creature which, in the absence of the Fox, seized and removed one of her offspring. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 removed remove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the creature | | the absence of the Fox | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme | | 2 | **seize** | past | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **remove** | past | | one of Fox's offspring | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **absent** | | | the Fox | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} The Eagle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e1:o1:1 # text = The Eagle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A hawk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e1:o2:1 # text = A hawk 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A wild cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e1:o3:1 # text = A wild cat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Eagle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e1:o4:1 # text = Eagle 1 Eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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