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title: A bird bites a ladybird once and spits it out. What will the bird pr… — Butterflies, moths and ladybirds · tree and pragmatics
description: A bird bites a ladybird once and spits it out. What will the bird probably do next time it sees red and black spots? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 219 «Butterflies, moths and ladybirds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 6 · ★ · Butterflies, moths and ladybirds

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A bird bites a ladybird once and spits it out. What will the bird probably do next time it sees red and black spots?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** bite, spit out, do, see · **To what, where:** ladybird, bird, red spots

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 219 «Butterflies, moths and ladybirds» 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/219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A bird bites a ladybird once and spits it out.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t6:1
# text = A bird bites a ladybird once and spits it out.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bites	bite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ladybird	ladybird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	spits	spit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | a bird | a ladybird |  |  |  | once *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladybird=Patient |
| 2 | **spit out** | present | a bird *not said here* | ladybird |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What will the bird probably do next time it sees red and black spots?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t6:2
# text = What will the bird probably do next time it sees red and black spots?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | future | bird *not said here* | the bird |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **see** | present | bird | red spots |  |  | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bring it home to its hungry chicks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t6:o1:1
# text = Bring it home to its hungry chicks
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chicks	chick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | its hungry chicks |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to chick=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eat two ladybirds at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t6:o2:1
# text = Eat two ladybirds at once
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	ladybirds	ladybird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | two ladybirds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladybird=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Peck it harder to get the juice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t6:o3:1
# text = Peck it harder to get the juice
1	Peck	peck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	ccomp	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the juice |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer juice=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Leave the ladybird alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t6:o4:1
# text = Leave the ladybird alone
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ladybird	ladybird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ladybird |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladybird=Theme |

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