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title: In a cartoon a goose flies alone at the front for the whole trip. Wh… — Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a goose flies alone at the front for the whole trip. What really happens? Test 2 of lesson 33 «Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight

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In a cartoon a goose flies alone at the front for the whole trip. What really happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goose · **What happens:** fly, happen · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 2 of lesson 33 «Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight» 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/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a goose flies alone at the front for the whole trip.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a goose flies alone at the front for the whole trip.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | a goose |  |  | a cartoon |  | at the front for the whole trip; alone *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in cartoon=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 really happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t2:2
# text = What really happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Geese never fly in groups at all, each one travels on its own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t2:o1:1
# text = Geese never fly in groups at all, each one travels on its own
1	Geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fly** | present | Geese |  |  | groups |  | at all | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in group=Location |
| 2 | **travel** | present | each one |  |  | its own |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The youngest goose always leads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t2:o2:1
# text = The youngest goose always leads
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present | the youngest goose |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The geese take turns at the tiring front place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t2:o3:1
# text = The geese take turns at the tiring front place
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	tiring	tiring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | the geese | turns |  | the tiring front place |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent turn=Theme at place=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The biggest goose always leads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t2:o4:1
# text = The biggest goose always leads
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present | the biggest goose |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

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