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title: «a bird lays eggs the size of peas? no way» What is right? — Record-breakers: the biggest and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «a bird lays eggs the size of peas? no way» What is right? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest

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«a bird lays eggs the size of peas? no way» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird, way · **What happens:** lay, be · **To what, where:** eggs

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» 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/186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t8:1
# text = «a bird lays eggs the size of peas? no way» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lays	lay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** *in a quote* | present | a bird | eggs |  |  |  | no way *obl* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme size=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present | no way |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Only snakes lay small eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t8:o1:1
# text = Only snakes lay small eggs
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | snakes | small eggs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No bird egg is smaller than a chicken's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t8:o2:1
# text = No bird egg is smaller than a chicken's
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no bird egg |  |  |  |  | than a chicken; small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a beetle, not a bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t8:o3:1
# text = It is a beetle, not a bird
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a beetle and a bird |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The bee hummingbird does, it is the smallest bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t8:o4:1
# text = The bee hummingbird does, it is the smallest bird
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hummingbird	hummingbird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the bee hummingbird |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | hummingbird | the smallest bird |  |  |  |  | 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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