Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

Which of the following best states the moral conveyed by the fable of the Wolf and the House Dog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: best · What happens: follow, state, convey · To what, where: moral

This is exam question 1 of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 states	nsubj
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moral	det
8	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 moral	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 fable	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fable	det
12	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conveyed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Wolf	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Wolf	det
15	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 fable	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Dog	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Dog	det
18	House	House	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Dog	compound
19	Dog	Dog	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 moral	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the best	the moral and the House Dog		tree rules
3	convey	participle		the moral and the House Dog not said here	by the fable of the Wolf	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

There is nothing worth so much as liberty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 is	nsubj
4	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nothing	amod
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nothing	amod
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 liberty	case
8	liberty	liberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 much	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	nothing			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Comfort is worth more than the woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worth	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worth	cop
3	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 worth	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 woods	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woods	det
7	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worth	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Comfort					than the woods; worth property	tree rules

Option 3

Hunger makes a dog wise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Hunger	a dog				wise property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product

Option 4

Full bellies outweigh freedom in life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bellies	amod
2	bellies	belly	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 outweigh	nsubj
3	outweigh	outweigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outweigh	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 life	case
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outweigh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outweigh	present	Full bellies	freedom				in life	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot freedom=Theme in life=Attribute

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