--- title: The Nightingale begged the Hawk, was she lowkey scared? — Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dol… · tree and pragmatics description: The Nightingale begged the Hawk, was she lowkey scared? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/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 Monkey and the Dol…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i… The Nightingale begged the Hawk, was she lowkey scared? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nightingale · **What happens:** beg, be · **To what, where:** Hawk This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» 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/153-pg11339-part23/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t7:1 # text = The Nightingale begged the Hawk, was she lowkey scared? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Hawk Hawk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 lowkey lowkey ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Nightingale | | the Hawk | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent hawk=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | Nightingale | | | | | lowkey, scared *property* | 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} Yeah, she was dead scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t7:o1:1 # text = Yeah, she was dead scared 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, she pleaded for her life and wept by the nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t7:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she pleaded for her life and wept by the nest 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pleaded plead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 wept weep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | she | | | | | for her life | tree rules | | 2 | **weep** | participle | she *not said here* | | | | | by the nest | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, she pleaded for her life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t7:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she pleaded for her life 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pleaded plead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | she | | | | | for her life | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she sang sweetly and the Hawk loved her song deeply ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t7:o4:1 # text = Nah, she sang sweetly and the Hawk loved her song deeply 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Hawk Hawk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | she | | | | | sweetly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **love** | past | the Hawk | Hawk's song | | | | deeply *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus | | 3 | **sing** | | Hawk | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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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