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title: In an animated fish film the gulls all scream «Mine! Mine!» and grab… — Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and s… · tree and pragmatics
description: In an animated fish film the gulls all scream «Mine! Mine!» and grab everything. What is true about real gulls? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 223 «Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 2 · ★ · Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water

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In an animated fish film the gulls all scream «Mine! Mine!» and grab everything. What is true about real gulls?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gulls · **What happens:** scream, grab, be · **To what, where:** Mine, animated fish film, everything

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 223 «Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water» 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/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In an animated fish film the gulls all scream «Mine!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t2:1
# text = In an animated fish film the gulls all scream «Mine!
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	scream	scream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | the gulls | Mine |  | a animated fish film |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location |

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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:* Mine!» and grab everything.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t2:2
# text = Mine!» and grab everything.
1	Mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** *in a quote* | infinitive | the gulls *= gull* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is true about real gulls?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t2:3
# text = What is true about real gulls?
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	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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They are bold and quick to grab food, but they use many different calls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t2:o1:1
# text = They are bold and quick to grab food, but they use many different calls
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	cop	_	_
3	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | bold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grab** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 4 | **use** | present | they | many different calls |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They never steal food from anybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t2:o2:1
# text = They never steal food from anybody
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anybody	anybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **steal** | present | They | food |  | anybody |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from anybody=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They only eat seaweed and never touch chips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t2:o3:1
# text = They only eat seaweed and never touch chips
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | They | seaweed |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seaweed=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **touch** | infinitive | They *not said here* | chips |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chip=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They can really speak human words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t2:o4:1
# text = They can really speak human words
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | can | They | human words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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