--- title: dude, what did the birds say when the fire was lit? — Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo… · tree and pragmatics description: dude, what did the birds say when the fire was lit? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t7/) [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, Dance in a Buffalo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast u… dude, what did the birds say when the fire was lit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dude, birds · **What happens:** do, say, lit · **To what, where:** fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» 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/1272-pg338-part9/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t7:1 # text = dude, what did the birds say when the fire was lit? 1 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | dude | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the birds | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lit** | past · passive | | the fire | | | | | tree rules | 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} king of the prairie, king of the stars, king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t7:o1:1 # text = king of the prairie, king of the stars, king 1 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prairie prairie NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} night, night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t7:o2:1 # text = night, night 1 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} sleepy, sleepy, we must go to sleep now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t7:o3:1 # text = sleepy, sleepy, we must go to sleep now 1 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | must | we | | | | now | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} king, king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t7:o4:1 # text = king, king 1 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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