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title: In a cartoon a canary teases a cat and sings in every scene. What is… — Budgies and canaries · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a canary teases a cat and sings in every scene. What is true of real canaries? Test 7 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Budgies and canaries

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In a cartoon a canary teases a cat and sings in every scene. What is true of real canaries?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** canary · **What happens:** tease, sing, be · **To what, where:** cat, cartoon, scene

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a canary teases a cat and sings in every scene.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon a canary teases a cat and sings in every scene.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	canary	canary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	teases	tease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | present | a canary | a cat |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | a canary *not said here* |  |  | every scene |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in scene=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:* What is true of real canaries?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t7:2
# text = What is true of real canaries?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	canaries	canary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of real canaries; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Male canaries sing most, and they must be kept safe from cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t7:o1:1
# text = Male canaries sing most, and they must be kept safe from cats
1	Male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	canaries	canary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Male canaries |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | must · passive |  | canaries *= canary* |  |  |  | from cats; safe *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from cat=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Canaries never sing in real life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t7:o2:1
# text = Canaries never sing in real life
1	Canaries	canary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* | present | Canaries |  |  | real life |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in life=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Canaries are brave enough to scare cats away by singing at them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t7:o3:1
# text = Canaries are brave enough to scare cats away by singing at them
1	Canaries	canary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Canaries |  |  |  |  | brave, enough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **scare away** | to-infinitive | Canaries *not said here* | cats |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cat=Experiencer |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Canaries *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Canaries *= canary* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at they=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Female canaries sing most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:t7:o4:1
# text = Female canaries sing most
1	Female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	canaries	canary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Female canaries |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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