--- title: be real, was the cook the baddie or the crow? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the… · tree and pragmatics description: be real, was the cook the baddie or the crow? Test 12 · ★ 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 righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1855-pg7128-part39/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow… be real, was the cook the baddie or the crow? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** baddie · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** real cook This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t12:1 # text = be real, was the cook the baddie or the crow? 1 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 baddie baddie NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | the baddie | the real cook or the crow | | | | | 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 {#o1} the cook, for hanging the basket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t12:o1:1 # text = the cook, for hanging the basket 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | the cook *not said here* | the basket | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} the crow, for eating the fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t12:o2:1 # text = the crow, for eating the fish 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | the crow *not said here* | the fish | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} the cook, for plucking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t12:o3:1 # text = the cook, for plucking 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 plucking pluck VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pluck** | gerund | the cook *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the crow, for stealing the food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t12:o4:1 # text = the crow, for stealing the food 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | gerund | the crow *not said here* | the food | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme | **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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