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title: A goose flies a little behind and to the side of the one in front. W… — Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight · tree and pragmatics
description: A goose flies a little behind and to the side of the one in front. Why there? Test 6 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 6 · Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight

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A goose flies a little behind and to the side of the one in front. Why there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goose · **What happens:** fly · **To what, where:** side

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A goose flies a little behind and to the side of the one in front.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t6:1
# text = A goose flies a little behind and to the side of the one in front.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | a goose | a side of the one in front |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location side=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:* Why there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t6:2
# text = Why there?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	1	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is the warmest spot in the flock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t6:o1:1
# text = It is the warmest spot in the flock
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	warmest	warm	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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That is where swirling air from the wingtip gives a lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t6:o2:1
# text = That is where swirling air from the wingtip gives a lift
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	swirling	swirl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wingtip	wingtip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **swirl** | gerund |  | air |  | the wingtip |  |  | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent air=Theme from wingtip=Destination |
| 3 | **give** | present | swirling | a lift |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lift=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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So it can talk to the goose in front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t6:o3:1
# text = So it can talk to the goose in front
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | can | it |  |  | front |  | to the goose | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to goose=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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So that it can steal bits of food from the leader's beak as they fly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t6:o4:1
# text = So that it can steal bits of food from the leader's beak as they fly
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | can | it | bits of food |  | the leader's beak |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bit=Theme from beak=Source |
| 2 | **fly** | present | bits *= bit* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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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