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description: State the material which the Eagle conveyed to her nest, having obtained it from the altar. Exam question 2 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 dependency tre
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th…

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State the material which the Eagle conveyed to her nest, having obtained it from the altar.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Eagle · **What happens:** convey, obtain · **To what, where:** material, nest, altar

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e2:1
# text = State the material which the Eagle conveyed to her nest, having obtained it from the altar.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux	_	_
13	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | past | the Eagle | the material | Eagle's nest |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Topic to nest=Recipient |
| 2 | **obtain** | gerund · perfect | the Eagle *not said here* | nest |  | the altar |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from altar=Source |

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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 {#o1}

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A piece of goat with ash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e2:o1:1
# text = A piece of goat with ash
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Some meat and a hot coal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e2:o2:1
# text = Some meat and a hot coal
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Flesh of a goat with a cinder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e2:o3:1
# text = Flesh of a goat with a cinder
1	Flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cinder	cinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A large piece of goat flesh that still had a glowing cinder on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e2:o4:1
# text = A large piece of goat flesh that still had a glowing cinder on it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	cinder	cinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past |  | a large piece of goat flesh |  | cinder | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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