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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th…

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Describe the principle which the fable is intended to convey regarding the injury inflicted by one party upon another.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, intend, convey, regard, inflict · **To what, where:** principle, injury

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e4:1
# text = Describe the principle which the fable is intended to convey regarding the injury inflicted by one party upon another.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	inflicted	inflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principle |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme |
| 2 | **intend** | present · passive |  | the principle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **convey** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | regard the injury | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **inflict** | participle |  | the injury *not said here* |  |  |  | by one party upon another | 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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Wrong returns upon the doer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = Wrong returns upon the doer
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	doer	doer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | Wrong |  |  |  |  | upon the doer | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Friends should share everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = Friends should share everything
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | should | Friends | everything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Good deeds return to the giver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = Good deeds return to the giver
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	return	return	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | Good deeds |  |  |  |  | to the giver *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to giver=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Anyone who harms another will eventually suffer the same harm in return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = Anyone who harms another will eventually suffer the same harm in return
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	harms	harm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	eventually	eventually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	suffer	suffer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | present |  | another |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus another=Experiencer |
| 2 | **suffer** | future | Anyone | the same harm |  | return |  | eventually *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer harm=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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