--- title: what was the rook's big warning, innit? — Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Roo… · tree and pragmatics description: what was the rook's big warning, innit? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 151 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Rooks, part 2: the Farmer tricks the starlings with a secret word, then a Rook warns the cranes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/151-pg11339-part21/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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Roo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/151-pg11339-part21/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Rooks, part 2: the Farm… what was the rook's big warning, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big warning · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** big warning This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 151 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Rooks, part 2: the Farmer tricks the starlings with a secret word, then a Rook warns the cranes» 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/151-pg11339-part21/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t7:1 # text = what was the rook's big warning, innit? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rook rook NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the rook's big warning | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the rook's big warning *not said here* | | | | | | 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} farmers are cruel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t7:o1:1 # text = farmers are cruel 1 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | farmers | | | | | cruel *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} men lie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t7:o2:1 # text = men lie 1 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | men | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} men are rascals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t7:o3:1 # text = men are rascals 1 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 rascals rascal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | men | rascals | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} dogs are dangerous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:151-pg11339-part21:t7:o4:1 # text = dogs are dangerous 1 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | dogs | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | **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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