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title: In the Harry Potter films a snowy owl carries letters. «can i get on… — Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle ow… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the Harry Potter films a snowy owl carries letters. «can i get one as a pet??» What is the best answer? Test 4 of lesson 301 «Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf owls and burrowing owls» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 4 · Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf owls and bur…

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In the Harry Potter films a snowy owl carries letters. «can i get one as a pet??» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snowy owl, i, best answer · **What happens:** carry, get, be · **To what, where:** letters, Harry films, one

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This is test 4 of lesson 301 «Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf owls and burrowing owls» 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/301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the Harry Potter films a snowy owl carries letters.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls:t4:1
# text = In the Harry Potter films a snowy owl carries letters.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	Potter	Potter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | a snowy owl | letters |  | the Harry films |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent letter=Value in film=Location |

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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:* «can i get one as a pet??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls:t4:2
# text = «can i get one as a pet??»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | can | i | one |  |  |  | as a pet | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus as pet=Attribute |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls:t4:3
# text = What is the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, they really carry letters if they are trained from an egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, they really carry letters if they are trained from an egg
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | they | letters |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
| 2 | **train** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | letters *= letter* |  | a egg |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, they eat ordinary bird seed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, they eat ordinary bird seed
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | they | ordinary bird seed |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, snowy owls are wild Arctic birds needing huge spaces and whole prey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls:t4:o3:1
# text = No, snowy owls are wild Arctic birds needing huge spaces and whole prey
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	needing	need	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	spaces	space	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | snowy owls | wild Arctic birds and whole prey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | gerund | wild Arctic birds and whole prey *not said here* | huge spaces |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot space=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, they love living in a small cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, they love living in a small cage
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **live** *not said to happen* | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  | a small cage |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cage=Location |

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