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title: «the swans are the King's, so if I nick one it's treason lol» What i… — The park pond through the year: ducks,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the swans are the King's, so if I nick one it's treason lol» What is true? Test 1 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 1 · The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, drago…

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«the swans are the King's, so if I nick one it's treason lol» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** swans, it · **What happens:** be, nick · **To what, where:** one treason

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This is test 1 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» 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/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t1:1
# text = «the swans are the King's, so if I nick one it's treason lol» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	nick	nick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	csubj	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	treason	treason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | 's the King | tree rules |
| 2 | **nick** *in a quote* | present | the swans |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | one treason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *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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The King himself feeds every single swan in the country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t1:o1:1
# text = The King himself feeds every single swan in the country
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	nmod	_	_
4	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | the King  King | every single swan |  | the country |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent swan=Value in country=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swans belong to whichever person feeds them bread most often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t1:o2:1
# text = Swans belong to whichever person feeds them bread most often
1	Swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	whichever	whichever	DET	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | Swans |  |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** | present | whichever person | Swans *= swan* |  |  |  | often *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient bread=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every wild bird in Britain belongs to the King by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t1:o3:1
# text = Every wild bird in Britain belongs to the King by law
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | every wild bird in Britain |  |  |  |  | to the King; by law | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Crown can claim unmarked mute swans on open water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t1:o4:1
# text = The Crown can claim unmarked mute swans on open water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	claim	claim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	unmarked	unmarked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	mute	mute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | can | the Crown | unmarked mute swans |  | open water |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent swan=Topic |

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