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title: Bro, which bird did the Pigeons let in to guard them? — Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Ea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, which bird did the Pigeons let in to guard them? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogu…

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Bro, which bird did the Pigeons let in to guard them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bro, Pigeons · **What happens:** do, let in, guard · **To what, where:** Pigeons

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» 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/157-pg11339-part27/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t11:1
# text = Bro, which bird did the Pigeons let in to guard them?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Bro and which bird |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **let in** | present | the Pigeons |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **guard** | to-infinitive | the Pigeons *not said here* | Pigeons *= pigeon* |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |

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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 {#o1}

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The fox that had been stalking the dovecote for weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t11:o1:1
# text = The fox that had been stalking the dovecote for weeks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	stalking	stalk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stalk** | past · perfect · progressive | the fox | the dovecote |  |  | week |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dovecote=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Eagle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t11:o2:1
# text = The Eagle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Hawk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t11:o3:1
# text = The Hawk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hawk	Hawk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Crow who had been lurking in the nearby oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t11:o4:1
# text = The Crow who had been lurking in the nearby oak
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	lurking	lurk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lurk** | past · perfect · progressive | the Crow |  |  | the nearby oak |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in oak=Location |

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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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