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title: «that crow's been screaming at me since I poked its nest last year,… — Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, ja… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots

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«that crow's been screaming at me since I poked its nest last year, can't be the same bird» What is most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crow, I · **What happens:** scream, poke, not be, be · **To what, where:** nest, same bird

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 233 «Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots» 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/233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t3:1
# text = «that crow's been screaming at me since I poked its nest last year, can't be the same bird» What is most likely?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	poked	poke	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
24	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	27	advmod	_	_
27	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present · progressive | that crow |  |  |  |  | at me | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at i=Location |
| 2 | **poke** *in a quote* | past | I | crow's nest |  |  | year |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nest=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | can |  | the same bird |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *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 {#o1}

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Crows forget everything overnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t3:o1:1
# text = Crows forget everything overnight
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | Crows | everything |  |  |  | overnight *property* | tree rules |

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

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It is the same crow; crows remember faces for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t3:o2:1
# text = It is the same crow; crows remember faces for years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the same crow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remember** | present | crows | faces |  |  | year |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent face=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a different crow that just happens to be there by chance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t3:o3:1
# text = It is a different crow that just happens to be there by chance
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a different crow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | present | a different crow |  |  |  |  | by chance | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by chance=Location |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | a different crow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All crows hate everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t3:o4:1
# text = All crows hate everyone
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | all crows | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Stimulus |

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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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