--- title: yo the jackdaw painted himself white, what dumb thing did he do to g… — Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9… · tree and pragmatics description: yo the jackdaw painted himself white, what dumb thing did he do to get caught Test 8 · ★ of lesson 139 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short animal tales, each ending with a lesson» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/139-pg11339-part9/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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/139-pg11339-part9/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short ani… yo the jackdaw painted himself white, what dumb thing did he do to get caught **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jackdaw, dumb thing · **What happens:** paint, do, catch · **To what, where:** jackdaw This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 139 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short animal tales, each ending with a lesson» 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/139-pg11339-part9/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t8:1 # text = yo the jackdaw painted himself white, what dumb thing did he do to get caught 1 yo yo INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 jackdaw jackdaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 9 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past | the jackdaw | jackdaw | | | | white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination | | 2 | **do** | past · do-support | dumb thing | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive · passive | dumb thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | 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} he started laughing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t8:o1:1 # text = he started laughing 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | he | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} started chattering ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t8:o2:1 # text = started chattering 1 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 chattering chattering NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | | chattering | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chattering=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} he opened his beak and started chattering loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t8:o3:1 # text = he opened his beak and started chattering loudly 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 chattering chatter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | he | his beak | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beak=Theme | | 2 | **start** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **chatter** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} he began to speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t8:o4:1 # text = he began to speak 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | he | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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