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title: «my little bro runs down the hill flapping his arms like a bird lol»… — Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my little bro runs down the hill flapping his arms like a bird lol» What does flapping really help young birds do? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

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«my little bro runs down the hill flapping his arms like a bird lol» What does flapping really help young birds do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little bro, hill · **What happens:** run down, flap, do, help · **To what, where:** hill, arms · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» 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/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t5:1
# text = «my little bro runs down the hill flapping his arms like a bird lol» What does flapping really help young birds do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
18	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
19	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	xcomp	_	_
20	really	really	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
22	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run down** *in a quote* | present | my little bro | the hill |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent hill=Theme clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **flap** *in a quote* | gerund | the hill *not said here* | bro's arms |  |  |  | like a bird | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 3 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **flap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Run up steep slopes by pushing them against the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t5:o1:1
# text = Run up steep slopes by pushing them against the ground
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	slopes	slope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run up** | imperative | you *not said here* | steep slopes |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme slope=Trajectory |
| 2 | **push** | gerund | you *not said here* | slopes *= slope* |  | the ground |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme against ground=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fly straight up into the sky, high enough to reach the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t5:o2:1
# text = Fly straight up into the sky, high enough to reach the clouds
1	Fly	fly	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the sky *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into sky=Result |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the clouds |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Dig deep holes in the soil to find worms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t5:o3:1
# text = Dig deep holes in the soil to find worms
1	Dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | imperative | you *not said here* | deep holes |  | the soil |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in soil=Location |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | worms |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swim faster underwater to catch little fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t5:o4:1
# text = Swim faster underwater to catch little fish
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	underwater	underwater	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast, underwater *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | little fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

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