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# Test 12 · ★ · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives

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«parrot's eyes going small, feathers puffed and beak open at my mate» What should the mate do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eyes, mate · **What happens:** go, puff, do

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 206 «Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives» 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/206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t12:1
# text = «parrot's eyes going small, feathers puffed and beak open at my mate» What should the mate do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	puffed	puff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	_
18	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | parrot's eyes and feathers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **puff** *in a quote* | past | parrot's eyes and feathers |  |  |  |  | open *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | should | the mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shout so it calms down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t12:o1:1
# text = Shout so it calms down
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calms	calm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **calm down** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Back off, these are warning signs before a bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t12:o2:1
# text = Back off, these are warning signs before a bite
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	off	off	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | these | warning signs |  |  | before a bite | off *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Grab the parrot quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t12:o3:1
# text = Grab the parrot quickly
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | the parrot |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Put a finger right up to its beak so it can smell you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t12:o4:1
# text = Put a finger right up to its beak so it can smell you
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a finger |  |  |  | up finger's beak; right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent finger=Goal |
| 2 | **smell** | can | finger | you |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

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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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