--- title: Could Zizi save Titty from getting burned? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b… · tree and pragmatics description: Could Zizi save Titty from getting burned? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1565-pg540-part62/t11/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1565-pg540-part62/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi… Could Zizi save Titty from getting burned? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zizi · **What happens:** save, burn · **To what, where:** Titty This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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/1565-pg540-part62/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t11:1 # text = Could Zizi save Titty from getting burned? 1 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Zizi Zizi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 Titty titty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 getting get AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | could | Zizi | Titty | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent titty=Theme | | 2 | **burn** | gerund · passive | Zizi *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V» | 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} she got her pardon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t11:o1:1 # text = she got her pardon 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | she | her pardon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pardon=Stimulus | | 2 | **pardon** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} she was not able ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t11:o2:1 # text = she was not able 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | she | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yes she was saved ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t11:o3:1 # text = yes she was saved 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past · passive | | she | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} no, Zizi could only watch from the sill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t11:o4:1 # text = no, Zizi could only watch from the sill 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Zizi Zizi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sill sill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | could | Zizi | | | the sill | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=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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