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title: «loads of crumbs for all the pigeons, the more the better yeah?» Wha… — Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city… · tree and pragmatics
description: «loads of crumbs for all the pigeons, the more the better yeah?» What is best? Test 8 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs

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«loads of crumbs for all the pigeons, the more the better yeah?» What is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «loads of crumbs for all the pigeons, the more the better yeah?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t8:1
# text = «loads of crumbs for all the pigeons, the more the better yeah?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* What is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t8:2
# text = What is best?
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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	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 |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, pigeons hate bread and never eat it, they only eat seeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t8:o1:1
# text = No, pigeons hate bread and never eat it, they only eat seeds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | pigeons | bread |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | infinitive | pigeons *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **eat** | present | pigeons *= pigeon* | seeds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, bread makes pigeons cleaner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, bread makes pigeons cleaner
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | bread | pigeons |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset pigeon=Beneficiary cleaner=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, too much food makes too many pigeons and spreads illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t8:o3:1
# text = No, too much food makes too many pigeons and spreads illness
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	spreads	spread	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | much food | many pigeons |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material pigeon=Product |
| 2 | **spread** | present | much food *not said here* | illness |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location illness=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, pigeons need bread every day to stay healthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, pigeons need bread every day to stay healthy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | pigeons | bread |  |  | day |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bread=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | pigeons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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