--- title: A parrot holds a nut in one foot and nibbles it. What helps it hold… — Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long… · tree and pragmatics description: A parrot holds a nut in one foot and nibbles it. What helps it hold the nut? Test 8 · ★ 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 choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives A parrot holds a nut in one foot and nibbles it. What helps it hold the nut? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** parrot · **What happens:** hold, nibble, help · **To what, where:** nut, one foot, parrot This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A parrot holds a nut in one foot and nibbles it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t8:1 # text = A parrot holds a nut in one foot and nibbles it. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nibbles nibble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | a parrot | a nut | | one foot | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nut=Theme in foot=Location | | 2 | **nibble** | present | a parrot *not said here* | nut | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What helps it hold the nut? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t8:2 # text = What helps it hold the nut? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | | parrot | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | infinitive | parrot *not said here* | the nut | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Two toes forward and two back, like a hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t8:o1:1 # text = Two toes forward and two back, like a hand 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 forward forward ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Its long tail wrapped round the nut ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t8:o2:1 # text = Its long tail wrapped round the nut 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 round round ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | participle | | Its long tail *not said here* | | the nut | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round nut=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Its wings folded over the nut ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t8:o3:1 # text = Its wings folded over the nut 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fold** | participle | Its wings | | | the nut | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sticky pads on its toes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t8:o4:1 # text = Sticky pads on its toes 1 Sticky sticky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pads pad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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