--- title: Which bird is described as hovering over the lamb prior to its attem… — Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees fo… · tree and pragmatics description: Which bird is described as hovering over the lamb prior to its attempted abduction? Exam question 1 of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» of the books course of Mova's primary school --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1835-pg7128-part19/e1/) [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, A Lac of Rupees fo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1835-pg7128-part19/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p… Which bird is described as hovering over the lamb prior to its attempted abduction? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** describe, hover, attempt, abduct · **To what, where:** bird This is exam question 1 of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1835-pg7128-part19/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e1:1 # text = Which bird is described as hovering over the lamb prior to its attempted abduction? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hovering hover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 14 case _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 attempted attempt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 abduction abduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which bird | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **hover** | gerund | | | | | | over the lamb; prior bird's attempted abduction | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lamb=Location | | 3 | **attempt** | participle | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **abduct** | | bird | | | | | | nom abduction «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} The nadhar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e1:o1:1 # text = The nadhar 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nadhar nadhar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The bird that flew over the lamb in the story ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e1:o2:1 # text = The bird that flew over the lamb in the story 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the bird | | | the story | | over the lamb | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lamb=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The vulture ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e1:o3:1 # text = The vulture 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vulture vulture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The cuckoo bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e1:o4:1 # text = The cuckoo bird 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cuckoo cuckoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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