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description: A cattle medicine is banned in India and vultures slowly return. Which is true? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures

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A cattle medicine is banned in India and vultures slowly return. Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vultures · **What happens:** ban, return, be · **To what, where:** cattle medicine, India

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» 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/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cattle medicine is banned in India and vultures slowly return.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t11:1
# text = A cattle medicine is banned in India and vultures slowly return.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	vultures	vulture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	return	return	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive |  | a cattle medicine |  | India |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **return** | present | vultures |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t11:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Vultures never cared about the medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t11:o1:1
# text = Vultures never cared about the medicine
1	Vultures	vulture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** | past | Vultures |  |  |  |  | about the medicine | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about medicine=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Vultures returned only because people began feeding them bread every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t11:o2:1
# text = Vultures returned only because people began feeding them bread every day
1	Vultures	vulture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | Vultures |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **begin** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **feed** | gerund | people *not said here* | people |  |  | day |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient bread=Theme |

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

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One medicine shows how harming one animal can cause trouble for people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t11:o3:1
# text = One medicine shows how harming one animal can cause trouble for people
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	harming	harm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | One medicine |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **harm** | gerund |  | one animal |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer |
| 3 | **cause** | can | harming | trouble |  |  |  | for people | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ban made cattle sick instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t11:o4:1
# text = The ban made cattle sick instead
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ban	ban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the ban | cattle |  |  |  | instead, sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cattle=Product |

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