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title: ok but why did the canaries keep yelling about thirst, was that a joke — Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and P… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok but why did the canaries keep yelling about thirst, was that a joke Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1564 «Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 61: the last orange holds a thirsty canary, then Titty comes to the well» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 6…

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ok but why did the canaries keep yelling about thirst, was that a joke

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** canaries · **What happens:** keep, yell, be · **To what, where:** joke

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1564 «Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 61: the last orange holds a thirsty canary, then Titty comes to the well» 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/1564-pg540-part61/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:t2:1
# text = ok but why did the canaries keep yelling about thirst, was that a joke
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	canaries	canary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
8	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the canaries |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | the canaries *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about thirst | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about thirst=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause they were stuck in oranges for ages and were parched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:t2:o1:1
# text = cause they were stuck in oranges for ages and were parched
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	parched	parch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cause |  |  | oranges | for ages | stuck *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **parch** | past · passive | cause *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause they were stuck in oranges for ages with no water and were super parched and totally dying

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:t2:o2:1
# text = cause they were stuck in oranges for ages with no water and were super parched and totally dying
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	super	super	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	parched	parch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cause |  |  | oranges | for ages with no water | stuck *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **parch** | past · passive | cause *not said here* |  |  |  |  | super *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V» |
| 3 | **die** | gerund | cause *not said here* |  |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause they were stuck in the cage all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:t2:o3:1
# text = cause they were stuck in the cage all day
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cause |  |  | the cage | day | stuck *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the witch made them yell for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:t2:o4:1
# text = cause the witch made them yell for fun
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	yell	yell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **make** | past | the cause witch | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **yell** *speech: express* | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for fun | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for fun=Recipient |

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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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