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title: so who was the bird that hovered over the lamb, no cap? — Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees fo… · tree and pragmatics
description: so who was the bird that hovered over the lamb, no cap? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p…

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so who was the bird that hovered over the lamb, no cap?

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

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This is test 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t1:1
# text = so who was the bird that hovered over the lamb, no cap?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hovered	hover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the bird |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hover** | past | the bird |  |  |  |  | over the lamb | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lamb=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the kite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t1:o1:1
# text = the kite
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the nadhar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t1:o2:1
# text = the nadhar
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nadhar	nadhar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t1:o3:1
# text = the cat
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the hamsa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t1:o4:1
# text = the hamsa
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hamsa	hamsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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