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# Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow…

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wait, so why did the cook even hang the pigeon basket up? was he just being nice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, hang up, be · **To what, where:** pigeon basket

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t2:1
# text = wait, so why did the cook even hang the pigeon basket up? was he just being nice?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	cop	_	_
19	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hang up** | past · do-support | you *not said here* | the pigeon basket |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |

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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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to earn merit so he would be reborn a rich man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t2:o1:1
# text = to earn merit so he would be reborn a rich man
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	earn	earn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	reborn	reborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | to-infinitive |  | merit |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent merit=Beneficiary man=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | would | he |  |  |  |  | reborn *property* | tree rules |

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

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to earn merit for his next life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t2:o2:1
# text = to earn merit for his next life
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	earn	earn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | to-infinitive |  | merit |  |  |  | for his next life | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent merit=Theme for life=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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so the birds could be fed daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t2:o3:1
# text = so the birds could be fed daily
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | could · passive |  | the birds |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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because he wanted the birds to sing to him every morning in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t2:o4:1
# text = because he wanted the birds to sing to him every morning in the kitchen
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | the birds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the birds *not said here* |  | him *= he* | the kitchen | morning |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location |

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