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title: was the bunny the one talking first lol — Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumong… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the bunny the one talking first lol Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1224 «Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 5 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

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was the bunny the one talking first lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** be, talk · **To what, where:** bunny

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1224 «Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why» 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/1224-pg3282-part25/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t5:1
# text = was the bunny the one talking first lol
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bunny	bunny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	csubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the bunny |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yup the rabbit started singing the warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t5:o1:1
# text = yup the rabbit started singing the warning
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | yup |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | yup *not said here* | the warning |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location warning=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the eland was the first one talking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t5:o2:1
# text = yeah the eland was the first one talking
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	eland	eland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the eland | the first one talking |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope the father started it and then the rabbit jumped in with its own warning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t5:o3:1
# text = nope the father started it and then the rabbit jumped in with its own warning
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | the father | it |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **jump in** | past | the rabbit |  |  |  | then | with rabbit's own warning | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **warn** |  | rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup the rabbit started singing the warning before anyone else spoke up at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t5:o4:1
# text = yup the rabbit started singing the warning before anyone else spoke up at all
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | yup |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | yup *not said here* | the warning |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location warning=Theme |
| 3 | **speak up** *speech: other* | past | anyone |  |  | all |  |  | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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