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title: «why's that turkey going gobble gobble, is it a boy or a girl» What… — Ducks, geese and farm myths · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's that turkey going gobble gobble, is it a boy or a girl» What is right? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Ducks, geese and farm myths

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«why's that turkey going gobble gobble, is it a boy or a girl» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** turkey, girl · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** gobble gobble, boy

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» 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/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t10:1
# text = «why's that turkey going gobble gobble, is it a boy or a girl» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	turkey	turkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	gobble	gobble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gobble	gobble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | that turkey *not said here* | gobble gobble |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gobble=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that turkey | a boy or a girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | a girl |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Only males gobble, so it is a male

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t10:o1:1
# text = Only males gobble, so it is a male
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gobble	gobble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble** | present | males |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a male |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Turkeys never gobble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t10:o2:1
# text = Turkeys never gobble
1	Turkeys	turkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	gobble	gobble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **gobble** | present | Turkeys |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only females gobble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t10:o3:1
# text = Only females gobble
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gobble	gobble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble** | present | females |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both gobble the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t10:o4:1
# text = Both gobble the same
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gobble	gobble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble** | present | Both | the same |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent same=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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