--- title: Did the parrots spill where Labam lived, or nah? — Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the parrots spill where Labam lived, or nah? Test 4 · ★ 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 of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1818-pg7128-part2/t4/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1818-pg7128-part2/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess La… Did the parrots spill where Labam lived, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parrots, Labam · **What happens:** spill, live This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t4:1 # text = Did the parrots spill where Labam lived, or nah? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parrots parrot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spill spill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 6 Labam Labam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spill** | present | the parrots | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | past | Labam | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} They told him nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t4:o1:1 # text = They told him nothing 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | They | nothing | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nothing=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} They whispered a little ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t4:o2:1 # text = They whispered a little 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | They | a little | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They never told him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t4:o3:1 # text = They never told him 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past | They | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They lied ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:t4:o4:1 # text = They lied 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lied lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | They | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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