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title: Where did Saphir look for the bird, like its favourite spots? — The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did Saphir look for the bird, like its favourite spots? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 8 · ★ · The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prin…

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Where did Saphir look for the bird, like its favourite spots?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Saphir · **What happens:** look

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» 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/1689-pg640-part13/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t8:1
# text = Where did Saphir look for the bird, like its favourite spots?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · do-support | Saphir |  |  |  |  | for the bird; like bird's favourite spots | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bird=Theme |

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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 royal stables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t8:o1:1
# text = The royal stables
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The favourite haunts of birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t8:o2:1
# text = The favourite haunts of birds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	haunts	haunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The places where the fowlers sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t8:o3:1
# text = The places where the fowlers sleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fowlers	fowler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | the fowlers |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tops of the tall cedars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t8:o4:1
# text = The tops of the tall cedars
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cedars	cedar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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