--- title: «gulls everywhere in my town, why's anyone protect them» What is true? — Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and s… · tree and pragmatics description: «gulls everywhere in my town, why's anyone protect them» What is true? Test 9 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water «gulls everywhere in my town, why's anyone protect them» What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gulls · **What happens:** be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t9:1 # text = «gulls everywhere in my town, why's anyone protect them» What is true? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 gulls gull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 3 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 11 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | gulls | | | | | protect *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} In the wild, herring gull numbers have fallen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t9:o1:1 # text = In the wild, herring gull numbers have fallen 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 herring herring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 gull gull NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present · perfect | gull numbers | | | the wild | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wild=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Gulls are protected because they are rare in towns ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t9:o2:1 # text = Gulls are protected because they are rare in towns 1 Gulls gull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present · passive | | Gulls | | towns | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 2 | **is** | present | Gulls *= gull* | | | | | rare *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Gulls protect themselves, not people ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t9:o3:1 # text = Gulls protect themselves, not people 1 Gulls gull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 protect protect VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present | Gulls | Gulls *= gull* | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nobody protects gulls anywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water:t9:o4:1 # text = Nobody protects gulls anywhere 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 protects protect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gulls gull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present | Nobody | gulls | | | | anywhere *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gull=Beneficiary | **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. 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