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title: Sooo the Crow was thirsty, what was his big brain move? — Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sooo the Crow was thirsty, what was his big brain move? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 365 «Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Crane, and Jupiter's reply» 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Cran…

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Sooo the Crow was thirsty, what was his big brain move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Crow, big brain · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 365 «Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Crane, and Jupiter's reply» 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/365-pg19994-part4/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t8:1
# text = Sooo the Crow was thirsty, what was his big brain move?
1	Sooo	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Crow |  |  |  |  | thirsty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Crow's big brain |  |  |  |  | move *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 {#o1}

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dropping sticks in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t8:o1:1
# text = dropping sticks in
1	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | sticks |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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dropping many pebbles into the pitcher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t8:o2:1
# text = dropping many pebbles into the pitcher
1	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | many pebbles |  | the pitcher |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme into pitcher=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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dropping small pebbles into the water jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t8:o3:1
# text = dropping small pebbles into the water jar
1	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | small pebbles |  | the water jar |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme into jar=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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dropping pebbles in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t8:o4:1
# text = dropping pebbles in
1	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | pebbles |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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