--- title: Wait, what did the birds in the pie actually do? — Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-m… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the birds in the pie actually do? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1870 «Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more night and wins back her husband, and Turritella becomes an owl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1870-pg7277-part7/t4/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1870-pg7277-part7/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more ni… Wait, what did the birds in the pie actually do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1870 «Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more night and wins back her husband, and Turritella becomes an owl» 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/1870-pg7277-part7/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:t4:1 # text = Wait, what did the birds in the pie actually do? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 actually actually ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **do** | past · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Sang, chatted, told fortunes and then flew out of the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:t4:o1:1 # text = Sang, chatted, told fortunes and then flew out of the window 1 Sang Sang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 chatted chat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 iobj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | past | Sang | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Sang *not said here* | | fortunes | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fortune=Recipient | | 3 | **fly out** | past | Sang *not said here* | the window | | | then | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Chirped, chatted and cast spells ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:t4:o2:1 # text = Chirped, chatted and cast spells 1 Chirped chirp VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 chatted chat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 6 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chirp** | participle | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cast** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sang, chatted and told fortunes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:t4:o3:1 # text = Sang, chatted and told fortunes 1 Sang Sang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 chatted chat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sang, danced and told stories ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:t4:o4:1 # text = Sang, danced and told stories 1 Sang Sang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | past | Sang | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Sang *not said here* | stories | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | **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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