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title: «Owl on telly turned his head right round, full circle, owls can do… — Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls

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«Owl on telly turned his head right round, full circle, owls can do that innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Owl, owls, that · **What happens:** turn, do, innit, be · **To what, where:** head, full circle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 143 «Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls» 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/143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t2:1
# text = «Owl on telly turned his head right round, full circle, owls can do that innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	_
18	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** *in a quote* | past | Owl on telly | Owl's head |  |  |  | full circle *obl*; round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | can | owls | full circle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 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 {#o1}

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No, owls cannot turn their heads at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t2:o1:1
# text = No, owls cannot turn their heads at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	owls	owl	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	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **turn** | can | owls | owls's heads |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, owls can spin their heads all the way round, like a wheel on an axle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, owls can spin their heads all the way round, like a wheel on an axle
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	axle	axle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | can | owls | owls's heads |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

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

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No, about 270 degrees, three-quarters of the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t2:o3:1
# text = No, about 270 degrees, three-quarters of the way
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	270	270	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, two full turns if they want

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, two full turns if they want
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | turns *= turn* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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