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description: Count them: two budgies sleep, each standing on one leg. How many feet are on the perch, and how many tucked up? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 205 «Budgies and canaries» 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 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Budgies and canaries

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Count them: two budgies sleep, each standing on one leg. How many feet are on the perch, and how many tucked up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, two budgies, each, many feet · **What happens:** count, sleep, stand, be, tuck up · **To what, where:** them, one leg, perch, many

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 205 «Budgies and canaries» 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/205-budgies-and-canaries/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: two budgies sleep, each standing on one leg.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t10:1
# text = Count them: two budgies sleep, each standing on one leg.
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	budgies	budgie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | two budgies |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | each |  |  | one leg |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How many feet are on the perch, and how many tucked up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t10:2
# text = How many feet are on the perch, and how many tucked up?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	perch	perch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many feet |  |  | the perch |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tuck up** | participle · passive |  | many |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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4 on the perch and none tucked up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t10:o1:1
# text = 4 on the perch and none tucked up
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	perch	perch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
7	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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1 on the perch and 3 tucked up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t10:o2:1
# text = 1 on the perch and 3 tucked up
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	perch	perch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
7	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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

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2 on the perch and 2 tucked up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t10:o3:1
# text = 2 on the perch and 2 tucked up
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	perch	perch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
7	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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2 on the perch and 4 tucked up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t10:o4:1
# text = 2 on the perch and 4 tucked up
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	perch	perch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
7	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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