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title: In Aladdin, Iago the parrot argues and cracks sarcastic jokes. What… — Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Aladdin, Iago the parrot argues and cracks sarcastic jokes. What is true of real parrots? Test 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's choi
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# Test 2 · ★ · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives

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In Aladdin, Iago the parrot argues and cracks sarcastic jokes. What is true of real parrots?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** parrot · **What happens:** argue, crack, be · **To what, where:** Aladdin, sarcastic jokes

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Aladdin, Iago the parrot argues and cracks sarcastic jokes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t2:1
# text = In Aladdin, Iago the parrot argues and cracks sarcastic jokes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Iago	Iago	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	argues	argue	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | the parrot |  |  | Aladdin and Iago |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **crack** | present | the parrot *not said here* | sarcastic jokes |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location joke=Theme |

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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 parrots?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t2:2
# text = What is true of real parrots?
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	parrots	parrot	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 parrots; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They cannot make any sounds at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t2:o1:1
# text = They cannot make any sounds at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | can | They | any sounds |  | all |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They only talk to other parrots in English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t2:o2:1
# text = They only talk to other parrots in English
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | They |  |  | English |  | to other parrots | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to parrot=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They can copy words and learn some labels, but they do not hold conversations

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t2:o3:1
# text = They can copy words and learn some labels, but they do not hold conversations
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	labels	label	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | can | They | words |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | infinitive | They *not said here* | some labels |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **hold** | present · do-support | labels *= label* | conversations |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conversation=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They talk in full sentences like people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t2:o4:1
# text = They talk in full sentences like people
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | They |  |  | full sentences like people |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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