--- title: In a cartoon, a parrot repeats "The king has banned birthdays!" and… — Checking practice: true, false and not… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a parrot repeats "The king has banned birthdays!" and the whole town panics, but the king never said it. What should the townspeople have asked? 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What should the townspeople have asked? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parrot, whole town, king · **What happens:** repeat, ban, panic, not say, ask · **To what, where:** cartoon, king, town, townspeople · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics 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/politics/36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a parrot repeats "The king has banned birthdays!" and the whole town panics, but the king never said it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t8:1 # text = In a cartoon, a parrot repeats "The king has banned birthdays!" and the whole town panics, but the king never said it. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 repeats repeat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 13 birthdays birthday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 panics panic VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | present | a parrot | | | a cartoon | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ban** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **panic** | present | the whole town | | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | town | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should the townspeople have asked? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t8:2 # text = What should the townspeople have asked? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 townspeople townspeople NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should · perfect · passive | | the townspeople | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Whether the parrot liked birthdays ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t8:o1:1 # text = Whether the parrot liked birthdays 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 birthdays birthday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | participle | | the parrot *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} How loudly the parrot said it ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t8:o2:1 # text = How loudly the parrot said it 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the parrot | it | | | | loudly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} What colour the parrot was ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t8:o3:1 # text = What colour the parrot was 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | what colour the parrot | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Who first said it and where it came from ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t8:o4:1 # text = Who first said it and where it came from 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | it | | | | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | it | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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