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title: Did the ostrich's wings get totally fried by the sun? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: He… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the ostrich's wings get totally fried by the sun? Test 4 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Ara…

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Did the ostrich's wings get totally fried by the sun?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sun · **What happens:** fry · **To what, where:** wings

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t4:1
# text = Did the ostrich's wings get totally fried by the sun?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fried	fry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fry** | past · passive · do-support | the sun | the ostrich's wings |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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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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Yep, totally scorched and shrivelled, and then it fell to the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t4:o1:1
# text = Yep, totally scorched and shrivelled, and then it fell to the ground
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	scorched	scorch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scorch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **shrivell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | past | it |  |  |  | then | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, scorched and shrivelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t4:o2:1
# text = Yep, scorched and shrivelled
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	scorched	scorch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scorch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **shrivell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, just a little singed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t4:o3:1
# text = No, just a little singed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	singed	singe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **singe** | participle |  | a little |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, they got scorched and shrivelled but grew back the next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:896-pg27200-part107:t4:o4:1
# text = Nope, they got scorched and shrivelled but grew back the next day
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	scorched	scorch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scorch** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **shrivell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow back** | past |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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