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title: A kea pulls the rubber strip off a parked car in the mountains. Why… — Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: A kea pulls the rubber strip off a parked car in the mountains. Why do keas test everything? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 233 «Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots

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A kea pulls the rubber strip off a parked car in the mountains. Why do keas test everything?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kea, keas · **What happens:** pull, park, test · **To what, where:** rubber strip, mountains, everything

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kea pulls the rubber strip off a parked car in the mountains.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t7:1
# text = A kea pulls the rubber strip off a parked car in the mountains.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kea	kea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	strip	strip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	parked	park	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | a kea | the rubber strip |  | the mountains |  | off a parked car | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent strip=Theme off car=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **park** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why do keas test everything?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t7:2
# text = Why do keas test everything?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	keas	kea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present · do-support | keas | everything |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are scared of cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t7:o1:1
# text = They are scared of cars
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	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cars	car	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 | They |  |  |  |  | of cars; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are trying to fix the car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t7:o2:1
# text = They are trying to fix the car
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	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fix** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the car |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent car=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They eat rubber as their main food, because there is nothing else up there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t7:o3:1
# text = They eat rubber as their main food, because there is nothing else up there
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	_
11	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
13	else	else	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	up	up	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | They | rubber |  |  |  | as their main food | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubber=Patient |
| 2 | **be** | present | nothing |  |  | there; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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In the high mountains food is scarce, so exploring pays off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:t7:o4:1
# text = In the high mountains food is scarce, so exploring pays off
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	scarce	scarce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	exploring	explore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	nsubj	_	_
11	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the mountains food |  |  |  |  | scarce *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **explore** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pay off** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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