--- title: «that cockatoo's got its head feathers stuck up like a mohawk, what'… — Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long… · tree and pragmatics description: «that cockatoo's got its head feathers stuck up like a mohawk, what's up with him» What is right? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives «that cockatoo's got its head feathers stuck up like a mohawk, what's up with him» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cockatoo, head feathers, mohawk · **What happens:** get, stick up, be · **To what, where:** head feathers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t9:1 # text = «that cockatoo's got its head feathers stuck up like a mohawk, what's up with him» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 cockatoo cockatoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 xcomp _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mohawk mohawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 up up ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 21 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | that cockatoo | cockatoo's head feathers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stick up** *in a quote* | participle | cockatoo's head feathers *not said here* | | | | | like a mohawk | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a mohawk | | | | | with him *= he*; up *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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} He is moulting all his feathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t9:o1:1 # text = He is moulting all his feathers 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 moulting moult VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **moult** | present · progressive | He | his feathers | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is too cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t9:o2:1 # text = He is too cold 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He is excited or alarmed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t9:o3:1 # text = He is excited or alarmed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | excited *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **alarm** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} He has just had a bath ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:t9:o4:1 # text = He has just had a bath 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · perfect | He | a bath | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient | **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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