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title: «my dad says there's no such bird as a seagull lol is he mad» — Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my dad says there's no such bird as a seagull lol is he mad» Test 5 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water

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«my dad says there's no such bird as a seagull lol is he mad»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, such bird, seagull lol · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t5:1
# text = «my dad says there's no such bird as a seagull lol is he mad»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	seagull	seagull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	lol	lol	NOUN	NN	_	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no such bird |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a seagull lol |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He is wrong; gulls live only out in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t5:o1:1
# text = He is wrong; gulls live only out in the sea
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | gulls |  |  | the sea |  | out *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right; all gulls are really ducks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t5:o2:1
# text = He is right; all gulls are really ducks
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | all gulls | ducks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is wrong; the seagull is the only kind of gull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t5:o3:1
# text = He is wrong; the seagull is the only kind of gull
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seagull	seagull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gull	gull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the seagull | the only kind |  |  |  | of gull | tree rules |

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

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He is right; there are many kinds of gull, and seagull is a nickname

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t5:o4:1
# text = He is right; there are many kinds of gull, and seagull is a nickname
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gull	gull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	seagull	seagull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **does** | present | many kinds of gull |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | seagull | a nickname |  |  |  |  | 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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