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title: Wait, what did the ostrich do that was so dumb? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: He… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what did the ostrich do that was so dumb? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 896 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Arab prince at the storks' house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Ara…

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Wait, what did the ostrich do that was so dumb?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, that · **What happens:** wait, do, be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 896 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Arab prince at the storks' house» 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/896-pg27200-part107/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t3:1
# text = Wait, what did the ostrich do that was so dumb?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **do** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Flew up and forgot to pray

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t3:o1:1
# text = Flew up and forgot to pray
1	Flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly up** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **forget** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dove down without asking for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t3:o2:1
# text = Dove down without asking for help
1	Dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Dove *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Flew up without saying God will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t3:o3:1
# text = Flew up without saying God will
1	Flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly up** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | God |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He flew too high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t3:o4:1
# text = He flew too high
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | He |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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