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# Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

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In which fable does the Sea, assuming the form of a woman, attribute the agitation of its waters to the winds?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, assume, attribute, form · **To what, where:** Sea, fable, form, agitation, woman

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e2:1
# text = In which fable does the Sea, assuming the form of a woman, attribute the agitation of its waters to the winds?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	assuming	assume	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	agitation	agitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the Sea |  | which fable |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Eventuality |
| 2 | **assume** | gerund |  | the form of a woman |  |  |  |  | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 3 | **attribute** | infinitive |  | the agitation of agitation's waters |  |  |  | to the winds | tree rules |
| 4 | **form** |  |  | a woman |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The Countryman and the Buffoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e2:o1:1
# text = The Countryman and the Buffoon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Countryman	Countryman	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	Buffoon	Buffoon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Brazier and the Dog who Slept on the Mat While the Hammering Went On

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e2:o2:1
# text = The Brazier and the Dog who Slept on the Mat While the Hammering Went On
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Brazier	Brazier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	Slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Mat	Mat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Hammering	Hammering	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Went	Went	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	On	on	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | the Brazier and the Dog | the Hammering Went |  | the Mat |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e2:o3:1
# text = The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea
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	_	_
```

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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 |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Crow and the Serpent that Bit it Before it Could Eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e2:o4:1
# text = The Crow and the Serpent that Bit it Before it Could Eat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	Bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
11	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the Crow and the Serpent | Serpent |  | Serpent |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient before it=Location |
| 2 | **eat** | could | the Crow and the Serpent |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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