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title: In the film Rio, Blu the macaw lives in a cosy home far from his for… — Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the film Rio, Blu the macaw lives in a cosy home far from his forest. What is true for real macaws? Test 3 of lesson 303 «Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lorikeets and the cheeky kea» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 3 · Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lo…

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In the film Rio, Blu the macaw lives in a cosy home far from his forest. What is true for real macaws?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** macaw · **What happens:** live, be · **To what, where:** film

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This is test 3 of lesson 303 «Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lorikeets and the cheeky kea» 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/303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the film Rio, Blu the macaw lives in a cosy home far from his forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t3:1
# text = In the film Rio, Blu the macaw lives in a cosy home far from his forest.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	Rio	Rio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Blu	Blu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	macaw	macaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the macaw |  |  | the film |  | in a cosy home; from macaw's forest | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme 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:* What is true for real macaws?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t3:2
# text = What is true for real macaws?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	macaws	macaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for real macaws; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Macaws were never caught for pets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t3:o1:1
# text = Macaws were never caught for pets
1	Macaws	macaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | past · passive |  | Macaws |  |  |  | for pets | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for pet=Beneficiary |

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

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Wild macaws belong in forests; catching them for pets made some kinds rare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t3:o2:1
# text = Wild macaws belong in forests; catching them for pets made some kinds rare
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	macaws	macaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | Wild macaws |  |  | forests |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | gerund | Wild macaws *not said here* | macaws *= macaw* |  |  |  | for pets | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Theme for pet=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | pets *not said here* |  |  |  | rare *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Macaws are happiest in small cages, where they feel safe from the eagles of the forest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t3:o3:1
# text = Macaws are happiest in small cages, where they feel safe from the eagles of the forest
1	Macaws	macaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	happiest	happy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cages	cage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Macaws |  |  | small cages |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | present | Macaws *= macaw* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All macaws come from snowy mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t3:o4:1
# text = All macaws come from snowy mountains
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	macaws	macaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | all macaws |  |  | snowy mountains |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location |

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