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title: lowkey, who was the Parrot cackling at? — Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, who was the Parrot cackling at? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1397 «Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is robbed of his gold and sent to prison» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 5 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is rob…

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lowkey, who was the Parrot cackling at?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lowkey, Parrot · **What happens:** be, cackle · **To what, where:** Parrot

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1397 «Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is robbed of his gold and sent to prison» 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/1397-pg500-part10/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:t5:1
# text = lowkey, who was the Parrot cackling at?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	cackling	cackle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | lowkey | the Parrot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cackle** | gerund | the Parrot *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «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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Simpletons who fell for traps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:t5:o1:1
# text = Simpletons who fell for traps
1	Simpletons	simpleton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	traps	trap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Simpletons |  |  |  |  | for traps | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for trap=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Simpletons who fell for traps set by clever cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:t5:o2:1
# text = Simpletons who fell for traps set by clever cats
1	Simpletons	simpleton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	traps	trap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Simpletons |  |  |  |  | for traps | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for trap=Theme |
| 2 | **set** | participle |  | traps *not said here* |  |  |  | by clever cats | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by cat=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Simpletons who trust foxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:t5:o3:1
# text = Simpletons who trust foxes
1	Simpletons	simpleton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	trust	trust	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | present | Simpletons | foxes |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Children who fell for pranks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:t5:o4:1
# text = Children who fell for pranks
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pranks	prank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Children |  |  |  |  | for pranks | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for prank=Theme |

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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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