--- title: why did the doves kick him out, was it cuz he got lippy? — Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Do… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the doves kick him out, was it cuz he got lippy? Test 2 · ★ 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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh… why did the doves kick him out, was it cuz he got lippy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doves, he · **What happens:** kick out, be, get · **To what, where:** him, it This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t2:1 # text = why did the doves kick him out, was it cuz he got lippy? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 kick kick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 11 cuz cuz SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 lippy lippy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick out** | past · do-support | the doves | him *= he* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | | it | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | past | he | | | | | lippy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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} cuz he kept squawking when they tried to ignore him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t2:o1:1 # text = cuz he kept squawking when they tried to ignore him 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 squawking squawk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 ignore ignore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | cuz | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **squawk** | gerund | cuz *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **try** | past | they | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **ignore** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | cuz | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cuz he started chattering ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t2:o2:1 # text = cuz he started chattering 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 chattering chatter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | cuz | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **chatter** | gerund | cuz *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} cuz he was lippy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t2:o3:1 # text = cuz he was lippy 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 lippy lippy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | cuz *not said here* | | | | lippy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} cuz he chattered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t2:o4:1 # text = cuz he chattered 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chattered chatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chatter** | past | he | cuz *not said here* | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cuz=Theme | **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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