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title: Yo, why'd the Tortoise get dropped out the sky? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, why'd the Tortoise get dropped out the sky? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

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Yo, why'd the Tortoise get dropped out the sky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** drop out · **To what, where:** Tortoise

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» 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/140-pg11339-part10/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t4:1
# text = Yo, why'd the Tortoise get dropped out the sky?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop out** | present · passive |  | the Tortoise |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme sky=Destination |

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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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He begged the Eagle to take him to the top of the mountain so he could see the view from the air

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t4:o1:1
# text = He begged the Eagle to take him to the top of the mountain so he could see the view from the air
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He |  | the Eagle |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent eagle=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | Eagle |  | the top of the mountain |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to top=Destination |
| 3 | **see** | could | Eagle | the view |  | the air |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He begged the Hawk to teach him swimming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t4:o2:1
# text = He begged the Hawk to teach him swimming
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hawk	Hawk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He |  | the Hawk |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent hawk=Recipient |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | swimming | Hawk |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient swimming=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He begged the Eagle to teach him flying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t4:o3:1
# text = He begged the Eagle to teach him flying
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He |  | the Eagle |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent eagle=Recipient |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  | Eagle |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fly** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He begged the Eagle to carry him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t4:o4:1
# text = He begged the Eagle to carry him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He |  | the Eagle |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent eagle=Recipient |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Eagle |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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