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title: «hearing cranes but can't see 'em, they must be close» What is right? — Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes · tree and pragmatics
description: «hearing cranes but can't see 'em, they must be close» What is right? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 136 «Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«hearing cranes but can't see 'em, they must be close» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hearing cranes · **What happens:** not see, be · **To what, where:** 'em

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 136 «Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes» of the biology 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/biology/136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:t11:1
# text = «hearing cranes but can't see 'em, they must be close» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cranes	crane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | can | hearing cranes *not said here* | 'em *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must | hearing cranes |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only a crane right next to you can be heard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:t11:o1:1
# text = Only a crane right next to you can be heard
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	next	next	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | can · passive |  | a crane |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You are hearing an aeroplane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:t11:o2:1
# text = You are hearing an aeroplane
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present · progressive | You | a aeroplane |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer aeroplane=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Their trumpet calls can be heard several kilometres away, even when too high to see

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:t11:o3:1
# text = Their trumpet calls can be heard several kilometres away, even when too high to see
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | can · passive |  | Their trumpet calls |  |  |  | away *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **call** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cranes are always silent in the air, so it must be some other kind of bird close by

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:t11:o4:1
# text = Cranes are always silent in the air, so it must be some other kind of bird close by
1	Cranes	crane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nmod	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cranes |  |  | the air |  | always, silent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | must | air | some other kind |  |  |  | of bird; close *nmod* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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