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title: Identify the principal consideration which ought to precede the acqu… — Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal consideration which ought to precede the acquisition of a large parrot. Exam question 2 of lesson 206 «Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 2 · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives

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Identify the principal consideration which ought to precede the acquisition of a large parrot.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal consideration · **What happens:** identify, precede, acquire · **To what, where:** principal consideration, acquisition, large parrot

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 206 «Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal consideration which ought to precede the acquisition of a large parrot.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	precede	precede	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal consideration |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consideration=Theme |
| 2 | **precede** | ought | the principal consideration | the acquisition of a large parrot |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme acquisition=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **acquire** |  |  | a large parrot |  |  |  |  | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The parrot will assume responsibility for its own care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e2:o1:1
# text = The parrot will assume responsibility for its own care
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	assume	assume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assume** | future | the parrot | responsibility |  |  |  | for parrot's own care | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme |
| 2 | **care** |  | parrot |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Large parrots invariably perish within two years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e2:o2:1
# text = Large parrots invariably perish within two years
1	Large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	perish	perish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | present | Large parrots |  |  |  | year | invariably *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

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The animal may live beyond sixty years and thus outlive its owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e2:o3:1
# text = The animal may live beyond sixty years and thus outlive its owner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	outlive	outlive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | may | the animal |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **outlive** | infinitive | the animal *not said here* | animal's owner |  |  |  | thus *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Large parrots require neither company nor occupation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e2:o4:1
# text = Large parrots require neither company nor occupation
1	Large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	5	cc:preconj	_	_
5	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	7	cc	_	_
7	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Large parrots | company nor occupation |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme company=Precondition |

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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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