--- title: Lowkey, what did the bird do when she asked where the stones were? — Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics description: Lowkey, what did the bird do when she asked where the stones were? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 231 «Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brothers are freed and meet the Sultan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/231-pg128-part71/t14/) [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/) / [Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/231-pg128-part71/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brother… Lowkey, what did the bird do when she asked where the stones were? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey, stones · **What happens:** do, ask, be · **To what, where:** bird · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 231 «Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brothers are freed and meet the Sultan» 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/231-pg128-part71/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:t14:1 # text = Lowkey, what did the bird do when she asked where the stones were? 1 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Lowkey | the bird | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | Lowkey | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Lowkey | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** | past | the stones | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} refused to speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:t14:o1:1 # text = refused to speak 1 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} sang ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:t14:o2:1 # text = sang 1 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} did not answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:t14:o3:1 # text = did not answer 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 answer answer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} flew off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:231-pg128-part71:t14:o4:1 # text = flew off 1 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | past | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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