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description: What would happen if a gull chick could not see any red spot on its parent's beak? Test 4 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 4 · ★ · Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water

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What would happen if a gull chick could not see any red spot on its parent's beak?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gull chick · **What happens:** happen, not see · **To what, where:** red spot, beak

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t4:1
# text = What would happen if a gull chick could not see any red spot on its parent's beak?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gull	gull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | a gull chick | any red spot |  | chick's parent's beak |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus |

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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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It would slowly turn red itself to make up for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t4:o1:1
# text = It would slowly turn red itself to make up for it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | It | itself *= it* |  |  |  | red, slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme itself=Result |
| 2 | **make up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for it | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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

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It would not know where to peck to ask for food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t4:o2:1
# text = It would not know where to peck to ask for food
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	peck	peck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | would | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **peck** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for food | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would fly off to the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t4:o3:1
# text = It would fly off to the sea
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | would | It |  |  |  |  | to the sea *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sea=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would find food by itself at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t4:o4:1
# text = It would find food by itself at once
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | It | food |  |  |  | by food | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent food=Theme at once=Asset |

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