--- title: lowkey the tortoise was a total chatterbox, right? what happened whe… — Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees fo… · tree and pragmatics description: lowkey the tortoise was a total chatterbox, right? what happened when he tried to talk? Test 6 · ★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p… lowkey the tortoise was a total chatterbox, right? what happened when he tried to talk? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tortoise, lowkey · **What happens:** be, happen, try, talk · **To what, where:** total chatterbox This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t6:1 # text = lowkey the tortoise was a total chatterbox, right? what happened when he tried to talk? 1 lowkey lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 chatterbox chatterbox NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 right right INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 12 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the tortoise | a total chatterbox | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **happen** | past | lowkey | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **try** | past | lowkey | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | lowkey *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} he sang loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t6:o1:1 # text = he sang loudly 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | he | | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} fell from the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t6:o2:1 # text = fell from the sky 1 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | | | | the sky | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} let go of the stick and fell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t6:o3:1 # text = let go of the stick and fell 1 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | of the stick | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of stick=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **fall** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} opened his mouth to speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t6:o4:1 # text = opened his mouth to speak 1 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | | his mouth | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees fo…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1835-pg7128-part19/t5/) - next →: [Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees fo…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1835-pg7128-part19/t7/) - ↑ back to [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1835-pg7128-part19/)