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# Test 4 · ★ · Chickens: eggs, pecking order and living dinosaurs

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«our rooster crowing at 3 in the afternoon, it's broken innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rooster · **What happens:** crow, break, be · **To what, where:** rooster

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 212 «Chickens: eggs, pecking order and living dinosaurs» 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/212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t4:1
# text = «our rooster crowing at 3 in the afternoon, it's broken innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	rooster	rooster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	crowing	crow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crow** *in a quote* | gerund | our rooster *not said here* |  |  |  | afternoon | at 3 | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at 3=Stimulus |
| 2 | **break** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | our rooster |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient innit=Result |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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Roosters crow only at dawn, so he must be ill and needs a vet

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t4:o1:1
# text = Roosters crow only at dawn, so he must be ill and needs a vet
1	Roosters	rooster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crow	crow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crow** | present | Roosters |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | must | he |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **need** | present | Roosters *not said here* | a vet |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Roosters crow at many times of day to claim territory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t4:o2:1
# text = Roosters crow at many times of day to claim territory
1	Roosters	rooster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crow	crow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	claim	claim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crow** | present | Roosters |  |  |  | time |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Roosters *not said here* | territory |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent territory=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is telling time wrong on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t4:o3:1
# text = He is telling time wrong on purpose
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	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | He |  |  | purpose | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He thinks it is morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t4:o4:1
# text = He thinks it is morning
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | morning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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