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title: «ladybirds all piled up in the window frame?? is that a nest or what… — Butterflies, moths and ladybirds · tree and pragmatics
description: «ladybirds all piled up in the window frame?? is that a nest or what» What is really going on? Test 8 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was rig
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# Test 8 · ★ · Butterflies, moths and ladybirds

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«ladybirds all piled up in the window frame?? is that a nest or what» What is really going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** pile up, be, go on · **To what, where:** ladybirds, window frame, nest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t8:1
# text = «ladybirds all piled up in the window frame?? is that a nest or what» What is really going on?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ladybirds	ladybird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	piled	pile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	csubj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	really	really	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	acl:relcl	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile up** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | ladybirds |  | the window frame |  | all *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in frame=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a nest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They are building a nest out of mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t8:o1:1
# text = They are building a nest out of mud
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	building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · progressive | They | a nest |  | mud |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They are hibernating together through the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t8:o2:1
# text = They are hibernating together through the winter
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	hibernating	hibernate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hibernate** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  | winter | together *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are laying their eggs in the glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t8:o3:1
# text = They are laying their eggs in the glass
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	laying	lay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present · progressive | They | their eggs |  | the glass |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in glass=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are trapped and dying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:t8:o4:1
# text = They are trapped and dying
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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