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description: In a cartoon a pigeon tips its head right back to gulp water like a hen. What is true? Test 5 of lesson 221 «Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs» 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 ri
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# Test 5 · Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs

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In a cartoon a pigeon tips its head right back to gulp water like a hen. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pigeon · **What happens:** tip, gulp, be · **To what, where:** head, cartoon, water

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This is test 5 of lesson 221 «Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs» 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/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a pigeon tips its head right back to gulp water like a hen.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon a pigeon tips its head right back to gulp water like a hen.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tips	tip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	gulp	gulp	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip** | present | a pigeon | pigeon's head |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent head=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
| 2 | **gulp** | to-infinitive | a pigeon *not said here* | water |  |  |  | like a hen | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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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 is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t5:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Real pigeons suck water up without lifting their heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t5:o1:1
# text = Real pigeons suck water up without lifting their heads
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	suck	suck	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck up** | present | Real pigeons | water |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source |
| 2 | **lift** | gerund | Real pigeons *not said here* | pigeons's heads |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pigeons never drink, they get all their water from bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t5:o2:1
# text = Pigeons never drink, they get all their water from bread
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **drink** | present | Pigeons |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | present | Pigeons *= pigeon* | Pigeons's water |  | bread |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from bread=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real pigeons drink exactly like hens do, tipping their heads back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t5:o3:1
# text = Real pigeons drink exactly like hens do, tipping their heads back
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	tipping	tip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | Real pigeons |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | hens |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tip back** | gerund | Real pigeons *not said here* | hens's heads |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pigeons drink only rainwater, catching drops from the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t5:o4:1
# text = Pigeons drink only rainwater, catching drops from the air
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | Pigeons | rainwater |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rainwater=Patient |
| 2 | **catch** | gerund | Pigeons *not said here* | drops |  | the air |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent drop=Theme from air=Source |

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