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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

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What does the Brazier declare, in the closing admonition of his fable, to be the source of every blessing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Brazier · **What happens:** declare, close, be, admonish · **To what, where:** closing admonition, source, fable

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e4:1
# text = What does the Brazier declare, in the closing admonition of his fable, to be the source of every blessing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Brazier	Brazier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	closing	close	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	admonition	admonition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the Brazier |  |  | the closing admonition of his fable |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 2 | **close** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | the source |  |  |  | of every blessing | tree rules |
| 4 | **admonish** |  |  | his fable |  |  |  |  | nom admonition «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Labor is the source of every blessing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e4:o1:1
# text = Labor is the source of every blessing
1	Labor	labor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Labor | the source |  |  |  | of every blessing | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Labor is the source of every blessing, so the idle dog should be sent away from the shop

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e4:o2:1
# text = Labor is the source of every blessing, so the idle dog should be sent away from the shop
1	Labor	labor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Labor | the source |  |  |  | of every blessing | tree rules |
| 2 | **send away** | should · passive | the source *not said here* | the idle dog |  | the shop |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from shop=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Patience brings every reward wisely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e4:o3:1
# text = Patience brings every reward wisely
1	Patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	wisely	wisely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Patience | every reward |  |  |  | wisely *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Labor is the source of every blessing and the only path to honest wealth in life

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:e4:o4:1
# text = Labor is the source of every blessing and the only path to honest wealth in life
1	Labor	labor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Labor | the source |  | life |  | of every blessing and the only path  honest wealth | tree rules |

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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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