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title: «my uncle wants a parrot caught in the jungle, it's cheaper innit» W… — Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my uncle wants a parrot caught in the jungle, it's cheaper innit» What is best? Test 5 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 of the question and of 
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# Test 5 · Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lo…

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«my uncle wants a parrot caught in the jungle, it's cheaper innit» What is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, parrot · **What happens:** want, catch, be · **To what, where:** parrot, jungle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t5:1
# text = «my uncle wants a parrot caught in the jungle, it's cheaper innit» What is best?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	csubj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present | my uncle | a parrot |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme innit=Attribute |
| 2 | **catch** *in a quote* | participle |  | a parrot *not said here* |  | the jungle |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | parrot |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wild parrots love to be caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t5:o1:1
# text = Wild parrots love to be caught
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Wild parrots |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Wild parrots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wild-caught ones are better pets, because they are stronger and cleverer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t5:o2:1
# text = Wild-caught ones are better pets, because they are stronger and cleverer
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	cleverer	clever	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | caught ones | better pets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | pets *= pet* |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | pets *= pet* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Choose one bred by people; catching wild ones harms wild flocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t5:o3:1
# text = Choose one bred by people; catching wild ones harms wild flocks
1	Choose	choose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	bred	breed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	harms	harm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | imperative | you *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **breed** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **catch** | gerund |  | wild ones |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 4 | **harm** | present | catching | wild flocks |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flock=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It does not matter where it comes from

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t5:o4:1
# text = It does not matter where it comes from
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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