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title: so what was the bird thing in the air? — Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what was the bird thing in the air? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so what was the bird thing in the air?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bird thing, air

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» 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/1662-pg5615-part51/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t5:1
# text = so what was the bird thing in the air?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the bird thing |  | the air |  |  | 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 -->
A bright bird that the princess called out to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t5:o1:1
# text = A bright bird that the princess called out to
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle · passive |  | a bright bird |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bright bird that the princess had been calling for since she first saw the fan in the fields

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t5:o2:1
# text = A bright bird that the princess had been calling for since she first saw the fan in the fields
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux	_	_
9	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	_
14	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · perfect · progressive | a bright bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | past | princess | the fan |  | the fields |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fan=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tall bird that the fairy chased away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t5:o3:1
# text = A tall bird that the fairy chased away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase away** | participle |  | the fairy *not said here* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bright bird that the princess called out to from the high window of the tower

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t5:o4:1
# text = A bright bird that the princess called out to from the high window of the tower
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	xcomp	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle · passive |  | a bright bird |  | the high window of the tower |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from window=Source |

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