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title: Wait, what was the crow going off about, fam? — Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what was the crow going off about, fam? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» 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 w
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# Test 2 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, what was the crow going off about, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, crow · **What happens:** wait, be, go off · **To what, where:** crow

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» 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/1456-pg503-part43/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t2:1
# text = Wait, what was the crow going off about, fam?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the crow and fam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go off** | gerund | the crow and fam *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

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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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Him forgetting the two maidens spinning flax in the hut, the big dumb prince

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t2:o1:1
# text = Him forgetting the two maidens spinning flax in the hut, the big dumb prince
1	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | gerund | Him *= he* | the two maidens |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund | Him *= he* *not said here* | flax |  | the hut |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flax=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Them ignoring the two spinning maidens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t2:o2:1
# text = Them ignoring the two spinning maidens
1	Them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | gerund | Them *= they* | the two spinning maidens |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Them forgetting the two maidens spinning flax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t2:o3:1
# text = Them forgetting the two maidens spinning flax
1	Them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | gerund | Them *= they* | the two maidens |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Them forgetting the two maidens spinning flax, and the promise made on the sea

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t2:o4:1
# text = Them forgetting the two maidens spinning flax, and the promise made on the sea
1	Them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | gerund | Them *= they* | the two maidens |  |  |  | the promise *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund | the two maidens *not said here* | flax |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flax=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | the promise *not said here* |  | the sea |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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