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title: A girl feeds the same pigeons every day; a boy chases them. Next wee… — Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl feeds the same pigeons every day; a boy chases them. Next week, what might the pigeons do? Test 7 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 ch
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# Test 7 · Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs

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A girl feeds the same pigeons every day; a boy chases them. Next week, what might the pigeons do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, boy, pigeons · **What happens:** feed, chase, do · **To what, where:** same pigeons, pigeons

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl feeds the same pigeons every day; a boy chases them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t7:1
# text = A girl feeds the same pigeons every day; a boy chases them.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	chases	chase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | a girl | the same pigeons |  |  | day |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Recipient |
| 2 | **chase** | present | a boy | pigeons *= pigeon* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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:* Next week, what might the pigeons do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t7:2
# text = Next week, what might the pigeons do?
1	Next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | might | the pigeons |  |  |  | week |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Treat both children the same way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t7:o1:1
# text = Treat both children the same way
1	Treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | both children |  |  | the same way *obl:unmarked* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Follow the boy because he is fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t7:o2:1
# text = Follow the boy because he is fast
1	Follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | boy |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Forget both of them by the next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t7:o3:1
# text = Forget both of them by the next day
1	Forget	forget	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | imperative | you *not said here* | both |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Come to the girl and fly off from the boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t7:o4:1
# text = Come to the girl and fly off from the boy
1	Come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the girl | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to girl=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **fly off** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the boy | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from boy=Trajectory |

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