--- title: «that cute robin just attacked another robin, what a psycho» Why do… — Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits… · tree and pragmatics description: «that cute robin just attacked another robin, what a psycho» Why do robins fight? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 216 «Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders/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/) / [Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders «that cute robin just attacked another robin, what a psycho» Why do robins fight? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cute robin, robins · **What happens:** attack, fight · **To what, where:** robin This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 216 «Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders» 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/216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t11:1 # text = «that cute robin just attacked another robin, what a psycho» Why do robins fight? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 cute cute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 robin robin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 robin robin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 psycho psycho NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 robins robin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attack** *in a quote* | past | that cute robin | another robin | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robin=Patient | | 2 | **fight** | present · do-support | robins | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They fiercely defend their territory ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t11:o1:1 # text = They fiercely defend their territory 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 defend defend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 territory territory NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defend** | present | They | their territory | | | | fiercely *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent territory=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are playing a friendly game of tag ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t11:o2:1 # text = They are playing a friendly game of tag 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tag tag NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present · progressive | They | a friendly game of tag | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are only fighting over one fat worm ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t11:o3:1 # text = They are only fighting over one fat worm 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | present · progressive | They | | | | | over one fat worm | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over worm=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are cleaning each other's feathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t11:o4:1 # text = They are cleaning each other's feathers 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 cleaning clean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | present · progressive | They | each other's feathers | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent feather=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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