--- title: The Eagle was on about getting hitched. What did the Kite promise he… — Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, a… · tree and pragmatics description: The Eagle was on about getting hitched. What did the Kite promise he could carry? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/375-pg19994-part14/t10/) [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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/375-pg19994-part14/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14… The Eagle was on about getting hitched. What did the Kite promise he could carry? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Eagle · **What happens:** be, do, carry · **To what, where:** Eagle, Kite promise This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» 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/375-pg19994-part14/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The Eagle was on about getting hitched. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t10:1 # text = The Eagle was on about getting hitched. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 on on SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 about about SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 getting get AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 hitched hitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · passive | | the Eagle | | | | hitch *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What did the Kite promise he could carry? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t10:2 # text = What did the Kite promise he could carry? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Kite kite NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Kite promise | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality | | 2 | **carry** | could | Eagle | the Kite promise *not said here* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} a Pigeon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t10:o1:1 # text = a Pigeon 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Pigeon Pigeon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} an Ostrich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t10:o2:1 # text = an Ostrich 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a sack of grain and his own nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t10:o3:1 # text = a sack of grain and his own nest 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a Donkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t10:o4:1 # text = a Donkey 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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