--- title: what was the birdie even singing — Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part… · tree and pragmatics description: what was the birdie even singing Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1269-pg338-part6/t8/) [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/) / [Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1269-pg338-part6/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea… what was the birdie even singing **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** birdie · **What happens:** be, sing · **To what, where:** birdie This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» 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/1269-pg338-part6/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t8:1 # text = what was the birdie even singing 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 birdie birdie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the birdie | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the birdie *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} dakota ni koda, friend youre a bear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t8:o1:1 # text = dakota ni koda, friend youre a bear 1 dakota dakota NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 2 ni ni X FW _ 3 compound _ _ 3 koda koda NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 youre youre VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **youre** | past | dakota friend | a bear | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} koda ni dakota, friend youre a dakota ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t8:o2:1 # text = koda ni dakota, friend youre a dakota 1 koda koda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 2 ni ni X FW _ 3 compound _ _ 3 dakota dakota NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 youre youre VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dakota dakota NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **youre** | past | koda friend | a dakota | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} koda ni dakota ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t8:o3:1 # text = koda ni dakota 1 koda koda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 ni ni X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 3 dakota dakota NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} hello friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t8:o4:1 # text = hello friend 1 hello hello INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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