--- title: By what method does the fox ultimately fail to secure the crow as hi… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His C… · tree and pragmatics description: By what method does the fox ultimately fail to secure the crow as his dinner? Exam question 3 of lesson 700 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/700-pg2435-part40/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His C…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/700-pg2435-part40/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:… By what method does the fox ultimately fail to secure the crow as his dinner? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, fail, not secure · **To what, where:** fox, crow This is exam question 3 of lesson 700 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner» 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/700-pg2435-part40/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e3:1 # text = By what method does the fox ultimately fail to secure the crow as his dinner? 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 method method 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 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the fox | | | | by method | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | | 2 | **fail** | present | | | | | | ultimately *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **secure** | to-infinitive | | the crow | | | | as crow's dinner | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition crow=Theme | 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} Escape by wing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e3:o1:1 # text = Escape by wing 1 Escape escape VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | by wing | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The crow escapes by hovering beyond his reach ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e3:o2:1 # text = The crow escapes by hovering beyond his reach 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 escapes escape VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hovering hover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | present | the crow | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hover** | gerund | the crow *not said here* | | | crow's reach | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond reach=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The fox drops him after the crow bites back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e3:o3:1 # text = The fox drops him after the crow bites back 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drops drop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 bites bite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | present | the fox | him *= he* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **bite back** | present | the crow | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The crow flies off by hovering nearby ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e3:o4:1 # text = The crow flies off by hovering nearby 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hovering hover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 nearby nearby ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | present | the crow | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hover** | gerund | the crow *not said here* | | | | | nearby *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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