--- title: the cock who won the fight got grabbed by what? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds:… · tree and pragmatics description: the cock who won the fight got grabbed by what? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 388 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a doctor is sent packing» 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 was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/388-pg21-part9/t9/) [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 Cat and the Birds:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/388-pg21-part9/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a d… the cock who won the fight got grabbed by what? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cock · **What happens:** win, grab · **To what, where:** fight, cock This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 388 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a doctor is sent packing» 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/388-pg21-part9/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t9:1 # text = the cock who won the fight got grabbed by what? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 grabbed grab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | the cock | the fight | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality | | 2 | **grab** | past · passive | | the cock | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} an eagle, it was bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t9:o1:1 # text = an eagle, it was bad 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a eagle | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} a hawk, it was sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t9:o2:1 # text = a hawk, it was sad 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a hawk | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} a big eagle, and it was honestly the worst thing ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t9:o3:1 # text = a big eagle, and it was honestly the worst thing ever 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 12 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | eagle | the worst thing | | | ever | honestly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} an eagle swooped down and carried him off, it was really bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:388-pg21-part9:t9:o4:1 # text = an eagle swooped down and carried him off, it was really bad 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 swooped swoop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 6 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 really really ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swoop down** | participle | | a eagle *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry off** | past | a eagle | him *= he* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | eagle | | | | | bad *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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