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title: In accordance with the text, what was the verdict of the King regard… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Sheph… · tree and pragmatics
description: In accordance with the text, what was the verdict of the King regarding the Shepherd after he heard the tale? Exam question 2 of lesson 405 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pulls a thorn from a Lion's paw, and the Lion later spares him» of the books course of Mova's primary sch
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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

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In accordance with the text, what was the verdict of the King regarding the Shepherd after he heard the tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** accordance, Shepherd · **What happens:** be, regard, hear · **To what, where:** verdict, tale

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 405 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pulls a thorn from a Lion's paw, and the Lion later spares him» 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/405-pg21-part26/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:e2:1
# text = In accordance with the text, what was the verdict of the King regarding the Shepherd after he heard the tale?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	verdict	verdict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
17	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | accordance with the text | the verdict |  |  |  | of the King; regard the Shepherd | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hear** | past | Shepherd | the tale |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus |

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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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He pardoned the Shepherd and restored him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:e2:o1:1
# text = He pardoned the Shepherd and restored him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pardoned	pardon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pardon** | past | He | the Shepherd |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Theme |
| 2 | **restore** | past | He *not said here* | Shepherd |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He sentenced the Shepherd to exile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:e2:o2:1
# text = He sentenced the Shepherd to exile
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sentenced	sentence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	exile	exile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sentence** | past | He | the Shepherd |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **exile** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He rewarded the Shepherd with gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:e2:o3:1
# text = He rewarded the Shepherd with gold coins
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | past | He |  | the Shepherd |  |  | with gold coins | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Recipient with coin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He freed the Shepherd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:e2:o4:1
# text = He freed the Shepherd
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	freed	free	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **free** | past | He | the Shepherd |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer shepherd=Source |

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