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title: bloody gull nicked my chip again. how do i stop it — The city as a habitat · tree and pragmatics
description: bloody gull nicked my chip again. how do i stop it Test 5 of lesson 14 «The city as a habitat» 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 5 · The city as a habitat

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bloody gull nicked my chip again. how do i stop it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** nick, stop · **To what, where:** gull

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This is test 5 of lesson 14 «The city as a habitat» 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/14-the-city-as-a-habitat/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t5:1
# text = bloody gull nicked my chip again. how do i stop it
1	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gull	gull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** | present · do-support | i | gull |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality |

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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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Nothing works, gulls are faster than light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing works, gulls are faster than light
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | than light; gulls *obl:unmarked*; fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Throw more chips so it gets full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t5:o2:1
# text = Throw more chips so it gets full
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | chips |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | it |  |  |  |  | full *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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Keep food covered and look straight at the gull, which slows it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t5:o3:1
# text = Keep food covered and look straight at the gull, which slows it down
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gull	gull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle | food *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the gull; straight *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at gull=Theme |
| 4 | **slow down** | present | the gull | food |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shout at it as loud as you can, because gulls are scared of human voices

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t5:o4:1
# text = Shout at it as loud as you can, because gulls are scared of human voices
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | gulls |  |  |  |  | of human voices; scared *property* | 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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