--- title: «squirrel nicked all the bird food AGAIN, bloody thing» Why is this… — Foxes and squirrels · tree and pragmatics description: «squirrel nicked all the bird food AGAIN, bloody thing» Why is this so hard to stop? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 215 «Foxes and squirrels» 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/215-foxes-and-squirrels/t11/) [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/) / [Foxes and squirrels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/215-foxes-and-squirrels/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Foxes and squirrels «squirrel nicked all the bird food AGAIN, bloody thing» Why is this so hard to stop? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** squirrel, this · **What happens:** nick, be, stop · **To what, where:** bird food This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 215 «Foxes and squirrels» 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/215-foxes-and-squirrels/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t11:1 # text = «squirrel nicked all the bird food AGAIN, bloody thing» Why is this so hard to stop? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 squirrel squirrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 nicked nick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 AGAIN again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** *in a quote* | participle | squirrel | all bird food | | | again | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | this | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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} The birds give the food away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t11:o1:1 # text = The birds give the food away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | present | the birds | the food | | | | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent food=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Squirrels can fly like birds when they spread their legs out wide ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t11:o2:1 # text = Squirrels can fly like birds when they spread their legs out wide 1 Squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 wide wide ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | can | Squirrels | | | | | like birds | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **spread out** | present | Squirrels *= squirrel* | Squirrels's legs | | | | out, wide *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leg=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Squirrels are skilled acrobats and solve puzzles ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t11:o3:1 # text = Squirrels are skilled acrobats and solve puzzles 1 Squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 skilled skilled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 acrobats acrobat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 solve solve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 puzzles puzzle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Squirrels | skilled acrobats | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **solve** | present | Squirrels *not said here* | puzzles | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Squirrels are invisible at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t11:o4:1 # text = Squirrels are invisible at night 1 Squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Squirrels | | | | night | invisible *property* | tree rules | **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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