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title: were the little larks lowkey nervous? — Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Y… · tree and pragmatics
description: were the little larks lowkey nervous? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 377 «Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farmer must cut his wheat himself, so the larks fly away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farme…

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were the little larks lowkey nervous?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little larks · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 377 «Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farmer must cut his wheat himself, so the larks fly away» 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/377-pg19994-part16/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t4:1
# text = were the little larks lowkey nervous?
1	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	larks	lark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the little larks |  |  |  |  | lowkey, nervous *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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they were super scared of the cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, they were super scared of the cat
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	super	super	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | of the cat; scared, super *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they were flapping and practicing hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t4:o2:1
# text = nah, they were flapping and practicing hard
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	practicing	practice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flap** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **practice** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they were freaking out so bad that they hid under the wheat and cried for their mom all afternoon

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, they were freaking out so bad that they hid under the wheat and cried for their mom all afternoon
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	freaking	freak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freak out** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  | afternoon | bad *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hide** | past | they |  |  | the wheat |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under wheat=Location |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for their mom | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for mom=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they were just chillin in the nest eating seeds and watching the farmer and his son work all day long

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t4:o4:1
# text = nah, they were just chillin in the nest eating seeds and watching the farmer and his son work all day long
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl:unmarked	_	_
22	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | chillin and farmer's son work |  | the nest |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | the nest *not said here* | seeds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |
| 3 | **watch** | gerund | the nest *not said here* | the farmer |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Theme |
| 4 | **work** |  | farmer |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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