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title: Proper bizarre, but why did the parrots all bolt, yeah? — Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper bizarre, but why did the parrots all bolt, yeah? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1818 «Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess La…

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Proper bizarre, but why did the parrots all bolt, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1818 «Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam» 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/1818-pg7128-part2/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t2:1
# text = Proper bizarre, but why did the parrots all bolt, yeah?
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bizarre	bizarre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Because the parrot king called

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t2:o1:1
# text = Because the parrot king called
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | the parrot king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Because the prince shot at them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t2:o2:1
# text = Because the prince shot at them
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | past | the prince |  |  |  |  | at them *= they* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at they=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because the prince had aimed his gun right at their king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t2:o3:1
# text = Because the prince had aimed his gun right at their king
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	aimed	aim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aim** | past · perfect · passive |  | the prince |  |  |  | at their king; right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the prince had shot their king and frightened the whole flock away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t2:o4:1
# text = Because the prince had shot their king and frightened the whole flock away
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | past · perfect · passive |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination king=Theme |
| 2 | **frighten** | past |  | the whole flock |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flock=Experiencer |

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