--- title: who scoffed the eaglets at the bottom of the tree, bruv? — Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox:… · tree and pragmatics description: who scoffed the eaglets at the bottom of the tree, bruv? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/402-pg21-part23/t8/) [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 Eagle and the Fox:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/402-pg21-part23/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th… who scoffed the eaglets at the bottom of the tree, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** scoff · **To what, where:** eaglets, bottom This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» 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/402-pg21-part23/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t8:1 # text = who scoffed the eaglets at the bottom of the tree, bruv? 1 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 scoffed scoff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 eaglets eaglet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scoff** | past | | the eaglets | | the bottom of the tree and bruv | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eaglet=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 fox who had lost her cub to the eagle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t8:o1:1 # text = the fox who had lost her cub to the eagle 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | the fox | fox's cub | | | | to the eagle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} the jackal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t8:o2:1 # text = the jackal 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t8:o3:1 # text = the fox 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a vulture ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t8:o4:1 # text = a vulture 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vulture vulture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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