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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow…

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Which bird, in the tale of the Pigeon and the Crow, is described as the greedy one, and what was the outcome of its greed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pigeon · **What happens:** describe, be, tell · **To what, where:** bird, outcome · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1855 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow is caught and plucked» 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/1855-pg7128-part39/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e1:1
# text = Which bird, in the tale of the Pigeon and the Crow, is described as the greedy one, and what was the outcome of its greed?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which bird |  |  |  | as the greedy one | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as one=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of bird's greed | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** |  | the Pigeon and the Crow |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Crow, who was plucked and died groaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e1:o1:1
# text = The Crow, who was plucked and died groaning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	groaning	groan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pluck** | past · passive |  | the Crow |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **die** | past | the Crow |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **groan** | gerund | the Crow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Crow, who was greedy and got away with it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e1:o2:1
# text = The Crow, who was greedy and got away with it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Crow |  |  |  |  | greedy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get away** | past | the Crow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Crow; away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Crow, who ate worms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e1:o3:1
# text = The Crow, who ate worms
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the Crow | worms |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Pigeon, who flew away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e1:o4:1
# text = The Pigeon, who flew away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly away** | past | the Pigeon |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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.

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