--- title: so the crow was wicked sus, was he sorry at all? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the… · tree and pragmatics description: so the crow was wicked sus, was he sorry at all? Test 11 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1855-pg7128-part39/t11/) [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, The Pigeon and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1855-pg7128-part39/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow… so the crow was wicked sus, was he sorry at all? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crow, wicked sus · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wicked sus, all This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t11:1 # text = so the crow was wicked sus, was he sorry at all? 1 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the crow | wicked sus | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | wicked sus | | | all | | sorry *property* | tree rules | 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} yes, he wept by the stove ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t11:o1:1 # text = yes, he wept by the stove 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | he | | | | | by the stove | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} yes, he was very sorry and said so loudly before he groaned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t11:o2:1 # text = yes, he was very sorry and said so loudly before he groaned 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 groaned groan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **groan** | past | he | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} no, he cried and was sorry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t11:o3:1 # text = no, he cried and was sorry 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} no, he groaned till he died ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t11:o4:1 # text = no, he groaned till he died 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 groaned groan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **groan** | past | he | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **die** | past | he | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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