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title: «robin singing outside at midnight by the street lamp, is it mad» Wh… — Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits… · tree and pragmatics
description: «robin singing outside at midnight by the street lamp, is it mad» What is right? Test 8 · ★ 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 was
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# Test 8 · ★ · Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders

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«robin singing outside at midnight by the street lamp, is it mad» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** robin · **What happens:** sing, be

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t8:1
# text = «robin singing outside at midnight by the street lamp, is it mad» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	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	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | robin *not said here* |  |  |  | midnight | by the street lamp; outside *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lamp=Location |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | robin |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Robins sometimes sing at night near street lights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t8:o1:1
# text = Robins sometimes sing at night near street lights
1	Robins	robin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Robins |  |  | street lights | night | sometimes *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near light=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is lost and calling for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t8:o2:1
# text = It is lost and calling for help
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **call** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is an owl pretending to be a robin to fool you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t8:o3:1
# text = It is an owl pretending to be a robin to fool you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a owl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pretend** | gerund | a owl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a owl *not said here* | a robin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fool** | to-infinitive | a owl *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Robins only sing at dawn, so it is ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders:t8:o4:1
# text = Robins only sing at dawn, so it is ill
1	Robins	robin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Robins |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | 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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