--- title: Yo, when the Hawk nabbed the Nightingale, what did the Hawk say he w… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, when the Hawk nabbed the Nightingale, what did the Hawk say he was NOT dropping? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/399-pg21-part20/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 Lion and the Three…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/399-pg21-part20/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui… Yo, when the Hawk nabbed the Nightingale, what did the Hawk say he was NOT dropping? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hawk · **What happens:** nab, say, not drop · **To what, where:** Nightingale · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» 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/399-pg21-part20/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t2:1 # text = Yo, when the Hawk nabbed the Nightingale, what did the Hawk say he was NOT dropping? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Hawk Hawk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 nabbed nab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Hawk Hawk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 NOT not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 dropping drop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nab** | past | the Hawk | the Nightingale | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightingale=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Hawk | the Nightingale | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **drop** | past · progressive | Hawk | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The worm in his talons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t2:o1:1 # text = The worm in his talons 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 talons talon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} His meal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t2:o2:1 # text = His meal 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The dinner in his claws ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t2:o3:1 # text = The dinner in his claws 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The snack in his beak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t2:o4:1 # text = The snack in his beak 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snack snack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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