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title: Bruh, what was the robin doing when she peeked in? — Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ba… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, what was the robin doing when she peeked in? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 10 · ★ · Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished…

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Bruh, what was the robin doing when she peeked in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robin, she · **What happens:** be, do, peek in · **To what, where:** robin

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1211-pg3282-part12/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t10:1
# text = Bruh, what was the robin doing when she peeked in?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	peeked	peek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the robin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the robin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **peek in** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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 {#o1}

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On the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t10:o1:1
# text = On the roof
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hopping on the floor near her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t10:o2:1
# text = Hopping on the floor near her
1	Hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | gerund |  |  |  | the floor |  | near her *= she* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Perched on a beam watching her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t10:o3:1
# text = Perched on a beam watching her
1	Perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | participle |  |  |  | a beam |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on beam=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | a beam *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sitting in a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t10:o4:1
# text = Sitting in a tree
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | a tree |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |

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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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