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description: Which fable describes a rustic who, having observed the Buffoon's performance, reproduces the squeaking of a pig in a more natural manner? Exam question 3 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 pr
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

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Which fable describes a rustic who, having observed the Buffoon's performance, reproduces the squeaking of a pig in a more natural manner?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fable, performance, Buffoon · **What happens:** describe, observe, reproduce, perform · **To what, where:** a, performance, squeaking, natural manner

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e3:1
# text = Which fable describes a rustic who, having observed the Buffoon's performance, reproduces the squeaking of a pig in a more natural manner?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	obj	_	_
5	rustic	rustic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux	_	_
9	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Buffoon	Buffoon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	reproduces	reproduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	squeaking	squeaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	24	advmod	_	_
24	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which fable | a |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent a=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | gerund · perfect · passive |  | the Buffoon's performance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **reproduce** | present | the Buffoon's performance *not said here* | the squeaking of a pig |  | a natural manner |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent squeaking=Patient |
| 4 | **perform** |  | the Buffoon |  |  |  |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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The Buffoon and the Countryman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = The Buffoon and the Countryman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Buffoon	Buffoon	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	Countryman	Countryman	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 Olive-Tree and the Fig

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e3:o2:1
# 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 3 {#o3}

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The Frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = The Frogs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Hunter and the Horseman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e3:o4:1
# 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.

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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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