--- title: What request does the wolf make of the bear at the close of the pass… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His C… · tree and pragmatics description: What request does the wolf make of the bear at the close of the passage? Exam question 4 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 depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/700-pg2435-part40/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:… What request does the wolf make of the bear at the close of the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** request · **What happens:** do, make · **To what, where:** wolf make, bear This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e4:1 # text = What request does the wolf make of the bear at the close of the passage? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 make make NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what request | the wolf make of the bear at the close of the passage | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent make=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | | | the bear at the close of the passage | | | | | nom make «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} To be given a share of the meal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e4:o1:1 # text = To be given a share of the meal 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | to-infinitive · passive | | a share of the meal | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: share=Theme | | 2 | **share** | | | the meal | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} To leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e4:o2:1 # text = To leave 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To be allowed to weep with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e4:o3:1 # text = To be allowed to weep with him 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **weep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with him *= he* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To be permitted to mourn for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:e4:o4:1 # text = To be permitted to mourn for him 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 mourn mourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **mourn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for him *= he* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for he=Attribute | **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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