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description: Which of the following fables concerns a Hunter who relinquishes a hare to a deceptive Horseman? Exam question 1 of lesson 406 «Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a lesson» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

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Which of the following fables concerns a Hunter who relinquishes a hare to a deceptive Horseman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** concerns · **What happens:** follow, fable, relinquish · **To what, where:** concerns, hare, deceptive Horseman

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 406 «Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a lesson» 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/406-pg21-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e1:1
# text = Which of the following fables concerns a Hunter who relinquishes a hare to a deceptive Horseman?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fables	fable	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	concerns	concern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	relinquishes	relinquish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	deceptive	deceptive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Horseman	horseman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fable** | present |  | concerns |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **relinquish** | present | concerns | a hare | a deceptive Horseman |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hare=Theme to horseman=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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The Hunter and the Deceptive Horseman who Bargains for a Hare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = The Hunter and the Deceptive Horseman who Bargains for a Hare
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Deceptive	deceptive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Horseman	horseman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	Bargains	Bargain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Hunter and the Horseman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = The Hunter and the Horseman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Horseman	horseman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Olive-Tree and the Fig

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = The Olive-Tree and the Fig
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Olive	olive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fig	fig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea that Speaks in a Woman's Form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea that Speaks in a Woman's Form
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Shipwrecked	shipwreck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	Speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	Form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shipwreck** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the Shipwrecked Man and the Sea |  |  | a Woman's Form |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **form** |  | a Woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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