--- title: «parrot's chewing the cage bars to climb, it's trying to escape» Wha… — Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep… · tree and pragmatics description: «parrot's chewing the cage bars to climb, it's trying to escape» What is it most likely doing? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 139 «Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, gazelles, kangaroos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, g… «parrot's chewing the cage bars to climb, it's trying to escape» What is it most likely doing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** parrot · **What happens:** chew, climb, try, escape, be · **To what, where:** cage bars This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 139 «Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, gazelles, kangaroos» 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/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t11:1 # text = «parrot's chewing the cage bars to climb, it's trying to escape» What is it most likely doing? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 chewing chew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 21 advmod _ _ 21 likely likely ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chew** *in a quote* | present · progressive | parrot | the cage bars | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient | | 2 | **climb** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | parrot *not said here* | the cage bars *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **try** *in a quote* | present · progressive | parrot | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **escape** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | parrot *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | parrot | | | | | do, likely *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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Sharpening its beak to bite people ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t11:o1:1 # text = Sharpening its beak to bite people 1 Sharpening sharpen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sharpen** | gerund | | its beak | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent beak=Patient | | 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive | | people | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Using its beak as a third foot to climb ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t11:o2:1 # text = Using its beak as a third foot to climb 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | its beak | | | | as a third foot | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent beak=Duration as foot=Attribute | | 2 | **climb** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Trying to eat the metal ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t11:o3:1 # text = Trying to eat the metal 1 Trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the metal | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Building a nest out of bars ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t11:o4:1 # text = Building a nest out of bars 1 Building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | gerund | | a nest | | bars | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | **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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