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# Test 2 · ★ · Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a p…

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so what did Iktomi wanna turn into, like, first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Iktomi · **What happens:** turn

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1267 «Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a peacock, then an arrow, then a fawn, and loses each chance» 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/1267-pg338-part4/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:t2:1
# text = so what did Iktomi wanna turn into, like, first?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · do-support | Iktomi |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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a bird with a rainbow tail that can fly high above the woods and sing to the flock

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:t2:o1:1
# text = a bird with a rainbow tail that can fly high above the woods and sing to the flock
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
11	above	above	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | can | a bird with a rainbow tail |  |  | the woods |  | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent above wood=Location |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | a bird with a rainbow tail *not said here* |  | the flock |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to flock=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a peacock with rainbow tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:t2:o2:1
# text = a peacock with rainbow tail
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
an eagle with gold claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:t2:o3:1
# text = an eagle with gold claws
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a peacock with a rainbow tail and green and purple feathers that shine in the sun

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1267-pg338-part4:t2:o4:1
# text = a peacock with a rainbow tail and green and purple feathers that shine in the sun
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	shine	shine	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | present | green feathers |  |  | the sun |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=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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