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title: A picture book shows a wise old owl with glasses who solves every ri… — Birds of prey and owls · tree and pragmatics
description: A picture book shows a wise old owl with glasses who solves every riddle. Which birds really do better at puzzles? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Birds of prey and owls

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A picture book shows a wise old owl with glasses who solves every riddle. Which birds really do better at puzzles?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** picture book, wise old owl, birds · **What happens:** show, solve, do · **To what, where:** wise old owl, riddle, puzzles

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» 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/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A picture book shows a wise old owl with glasses who solves every riddle.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t2:1
# text = A picture book shows a wise old owl with glasses who solves every riddle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	solves	solve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a picture book | a wise old owl |  |  |  | with glasses | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owl=Recipient |
| 2 | **solve** | present | a wise old owl | every riddle |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Topic |

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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 birds really do better at puzzles?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t2:2
# text = Which birds really do better at puzzles?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which birds |  |  | puzzles |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pigeons and farm ducks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t2:o1:1
# text = Pigeons and farm ducks
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chickens and geese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t2:o2:1
# text = Chickens and geese
1	Chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Owls are the best at puzzles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t2:o3:1
# text = Owls are the best at puzzles
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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Crows and parrots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t2:o4:1
# text = Crows and parrots
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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