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title: «Polly repeats grandpa so parrots understand everything we say» What… — Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Polly repeats grandpa so parrots understand everything we say» What is right? Test 3 · ★★ 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 question and of each 
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, g…

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«Polly repeats grandpa so parrots understand everything we say» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Polly, parrots, we · **What happens:** repeat, understand, say, be · **To what, where:** grandpa, everything · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t3:1
# text = «Polly repeats grandpa so parrots understand everything we say» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Polly	polly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	repeats	repeat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	understand	understand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obj	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** *in a quote* | present | Polly | grandpa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **understand** *in a quote* | present | parrots |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | we | everything |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |
| 4 | **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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Parrots copy sounds like a flock call; some, like Alex, learned many names

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t3:o1:1
# text = Parrots copy sounds like a flock call; some, like Alex, learned many names
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	copy	copy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Alex	Alex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | Parrots | sounds |  |  |  | like a flock call | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | past | some | many names |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, parrots think in English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, parrots think in English
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | parrots |  |  | English |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, every parrot understands all our words and answers us on purpose, like a person

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, every parrot understands all our words and answers us on purpose, like a person
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	understands	understand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | present | every parrot | our words  us and answers |  | purpose |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 2 | **word** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, parrots cannot copy any sounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t3:o4:1
# text = No, parrots cannot copy any sounds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **copy** | can | parrots | any sounds |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme |

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