--- title: Which bird's call was said to resemble the blows of a small hammer u… — Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t… · tree and pragmatics description: Which bird's call was said to resemble the blows of a small hammer upon copper? Exam question 2 of lesson 623 «Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs, saves Teddy, and kills Nagaina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/e2/) [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/) / [Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the co… Which bird's call was said to resemble the blows of a small hammer upon copper? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bird, small hammer · **What happens:** say, resemble, call, blow · **To what, where:** call, blows · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 623 «Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs, saves Teddy, and kills Nagaina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/623-pg236-part24/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e2:1 # text = Which bird's call was said to resemble the blows of a small hammer upon copper? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 resemble resemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | which bird's call | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **resemble** | to-infinitive | | the blows of a small hammer upon copper | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | | which bird | | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 4 | **blow** | | a small hammer upon copper | | | | | | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 Coppersmith, the loud bird of the garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e2:o1:1 # text = The Coppersmith, the loud bird of the garden 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Coppersmith Coppersmith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The kingfisher ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e2:o2:1 # text = The kingfisher 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kingfisher kingfisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The tailorbird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e2:o3:1 # text = The tailorbird 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tailorbird tailorbird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Coppersmith ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e2:o4:1 # text = The Coppersmith 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Coppersmith Coppersmith PROPN NNP 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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