Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow…

bro the pigeon called him a tufted crane in a poem, why was that funny?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: pigeon · What happens: call, tuft, be · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1855 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow is caught and plucked» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	vocative
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pigeon	det
3	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 crane	det
7	tufted	tuft	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 crane	amod
8	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 poem	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 poem	det
11	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crane	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 funny	punct
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 funny	advmod
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 funny	cop
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 funny	mark
16	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 crane	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	call	past	the pigeon	him = he	bro vocative	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	tuft	participle				tree rules
3	is	past	the pigeon not said here		funny property	tree rules

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

Option 1

crows and cranes are both birds and the poem rhymed nicely with plucked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 birds	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 cranes	cc
3	cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 crows	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 birds	cop
5	both	both	ADV	_	6 birds	advmod
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 poem	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 poem	det
9	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 birds	conj
10	rhymed	rhyme	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 birds	acl
11	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	10 rhymed	advmod
12	with	with	SCONJ	_	13 plucked	mark
13	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 rhymed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	crows and cranes	birds and the poem	both property	tree rules
2	rhyme	participle		birds and the poem not said here	nicely property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	pluck	participle				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 2

the crow had lost his feathers and looked like a crane, so it was a joke

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feathers	nmod:poss
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lost	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 looked	cc
8	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	conj
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 crane	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 crane	det
11	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looked	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 joke	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 joke	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 joke	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 joke	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 joke	det
17	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect · passive		the crow		tree rules
2	look	past			like a crane	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a	past	crane	a joke		tree rules

Option 3

the crow was bald and looked grand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bald	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bald	cop
4	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 looked	cc
6	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bald	conj
7	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the crow					bald property	tree rules
2	look	past	the crow not said here					grand property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the crow was plucked and looked odd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plucked	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 plucked	aux:pass
4	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 looked	cc
6	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 plucked	conj
7	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pluck	past · passive		the crow					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	look	participle						odd property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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