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title: «why's no one ever seen that peacock thing» Why is the Congo peafowl… — The Congo river: tigerfish, the deepes… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's no one ever seen that peacock thing» Why is the Congo peafowl so rarely seen? Test 10 of lesson 160 «The Congo river: tigerfish, the deepest river, lungfish and hidden birds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 10 · The Congo river: tigerfish, the deepest river, lungfish an…

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«why's no one ever seen that peacock thing» Why is the Congo peafowl so rarely seen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** peacock thing, Congo peafowl · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 160 «The Congo river: tigerfish, the deepest river, lungfish and hidden birds» 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/160-the-congo-river/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:160-the-congo-river:t10:1
# text = «why's no one ever seen that peacock thing» Why is the Congo peafowl so rarely seen?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Congo	Congo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	peafowl	peafowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present · passive | no one | that peacock thing |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the Congo peafowl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | rarely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is shy and lives only deep in the Congo forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:160-the-congo-river:t10:o1:1
# text = It is shy and lives only deep in the Congo forest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Congo	Congo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | shy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the Congo forest |  | deep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It lives underground in burrows and only comes up at night to feed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:160-the-congo-river:t10:o2:1
# text = It lives underground in burrows and only comes up at night to feed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	burrows	burrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | It |  |  | burrows |  | underground *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in burrow=Location |
| 2 | **come up** | present |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It only comes out once a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:160-the-congo-river:t10:o3:1
# text = It only comes out once a year
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | It |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is extinct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:160-the-congo-river:t10:o4:1
# text = It is extinct
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | extinct *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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