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title: that pigeon was dead clever innit, what did he say crows digest? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: that pigeon was dead clever innit, what did he say crows digest? Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that pigeon was dead clever innit, what did he say crows digest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pigeon, he, crows · **What happens:** be, say, digest · **To what, where:** dead clever innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t9:1
# text = that pigeon was dead clever innit, what did he say crows digest?
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	digest	digest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that pigeon | dead clever innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | he | dead clever innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **digest** | infinitive | crows |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
anything except a lamp-wick, quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t9:o1:1
# text = anything except a lamp-wick, quick
1	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	except	except	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	wick	wick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
even the lamp-wick, which is very hard, quick as a flash, honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t9:o2:1
# text = even the lamp-wick, which is very hard, quick as a flash, honestly
1	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	wick	wick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the lamp wick |  |  |  |  | hard, honestly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the lamp wick *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a flash | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
anything but the cook's lamp wick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t9:o3:1
# text = anything but the cook's lamp wick
1	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wick	wick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
anything at all except a lamp-wick, and very quick too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:t9:o4:1
# text = anything at all except a lamp-wick, and very quick too
1	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
4	except	except	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	wick	wick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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