--- title: wait so the jackdaw painted himself white, is that real? — Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Do… · tree and pragmatics description: wait so the jackdaw painted himself white, is that real? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/398-pg21-part19/t1/) [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 Jackdaw and the Do…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/398-pg21-part19/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh… wait so the jackdaw painted himself white, is that real? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, jackdaw · **What happens:** wait, paint, be · **To what, where:** jackdaw This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» 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/398-pg21-part19/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t1:1 # text = wait so the jackdaw painted himself white, is that real? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 jackdaw jackdaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **paint** | past | the jackdaw | jackdaw | | | | white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination | | 3 | **is** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | real *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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} nah he was a dove for real ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t1:o1:1 # text = nah he was a dove for real 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a dove | | | | for real | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah the jackdaw was painted white and fooled everyone there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t1:o2:1 # text = yeah the jackdaw was painted white and fooled everyone there 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 jackdaw jackdaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 fooled fool VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 obj _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past · passive | | the jackdaw | | | | white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **fool** | past | | everyone | | there | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah he was a jackdaw in paint ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t1:o3:1 # text = yeah he was a jackdaw in paint 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 jackdaw jackdaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a jackdaw | | paint | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} yeah he painted himself white to fool the doves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t1:o4:1 # text = yeah he painted himself white to fool the doves 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fool fool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past | he | himself *= he* | | | | white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination | | 2 | **fool** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the doves | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Patient | **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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