--- title: Why did the mum lark tell them to chill? — Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the mum lark tell them to chill? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 376 «Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the young Larks fear the reapers, but their mother says the wheat is not ready yet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/376-pg19994-part15/t11/) [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 Lark and Her Young…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/376-pg19994-part15/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the… Why did the mum lark tell them to chill? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** tell, chill · **To what, where:** them · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 376 «Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the young Larks fear the reapers, but their mother says the wheat is not ready yet» 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/376-pg19994-part15/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:t11:1 # text = Why did the mum lark tell them to chill? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 lark lark AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 chill chill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the mum | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **chill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the mum *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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} cos the field was too wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:t11:o1:1 # text = cos the field was too wet 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the field | | | | | wet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} cos the corn wasn't cut yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:t11:o2:1 # text = cos the corn wasn't cut yet 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 7 yet yet ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | yet | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **cut** | past · passive | | the corn | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} cos the wheat wasn't ready yet and the farmer was still chatting ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:t11:o3:1 # text = cos the wheat wasn't ready yet and the farmer was still chatting 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 7 yet yet ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 still still ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 chatting chat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | yet | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | the wheat | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **chat** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the farmer | | | | still | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} cos the wheat wasn't ready yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:376-pg19994-part15:t11:o4:1 # text = cos the wheat wasn't ready yet 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 7 yet yet ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | the wheat | | | | yet | ready *property* | tree rules | **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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