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# Test 5 · ★ · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives

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«gonna buy a big parrot when im 50, it'll be fine» What should someone think about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, someone · **What happens:** buy, be, think about · **To what, where:** big parrot · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t5:1
# text = «gonna buy a big parrot when im 50, it'll be fine» What should someone think about?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	dep	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	im	im	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	nsubj	_	_
19	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	parataxis	_	_
20	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a big parrot |  |  |  | im 50 *obl* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **think about** *speech: other* | should | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Parrots need no care when owners get old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t5:o1:1
# text = Parrots need no care when owners get old
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Parrots | no care |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | owners |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Big parrots are fine left alone all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t5:o2:1
# text = Big parrots are fine left alone all day
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | Big parrots |  |  | day | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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The parrot may live over sixty years and outlive the owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t5:o3:1
# text = The parrot may live over sixty years and outlive the owner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	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	over	over	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	_	9	cc	_	_
9	outlive	outlive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Parrots live only a year or two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t5:o4:1
# text = Parrots live only a year or two
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Parrots |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «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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