--- title: What did the scullion do when the bird asked him to sleep? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the scullion do when the bird asked him to sleep? Test 13 · ★ 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 choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1565-pg540-part62/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi… What did the scullion do when the bird asked him to sleep? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scullion, bird · **What happens:** do, ask, sleep · **To what, where:** scullion This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t13:1 # text = What did the scullion do when the bird asked him to sleep? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scullion scullion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the scullion | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the bird | | scullion | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} yawned loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t13:o1:1 # text = yawned loudly 1 yawned yawn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yawn** | participle | | | | | | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} rolled over and began to snore loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t13:o2:1 # text = rolled over and began to snore loudly 1 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 2 over over ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 snore snore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll over** | participle | | | | | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **snore** | to-infinitive | | | | | | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} dozed off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t13:o3:1 # text = dozed off 1 dozed doze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **doze off** | participle | | | | | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} nodded once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t13:o4:1 # text = nodded once 1 nodded nod VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nod** | participle | | | | | | once *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: 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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