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title: oi, why does my teacher make us wash hands after the owl pellet less… — Birds of prey and owls · tree and pragmatics
description: oi, why does my teacher make us wash hands after the owl pellet lesson? Test 8 · ★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Birds of prey and owls

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oi, why does my teacher make us wash hands after the owl pellet lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** oi, us · **What happens:** make, wash · **To what, where:** us, hands

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t8:1
# text = oi, why does my teacher make us wash hands after the owl pellet lesson?
1	oi	oi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	pellet	pellet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | oi | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | infinitive | us *not said here* | hands |  |  | after the pellet lesson |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Pellets hold old bones and fur, so washing is basic hygiene

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t8:o1:1
# text = Pellets hold old bones and fur, so washing is basic hygiene
1	Pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | Pellets | old bones and fur |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | washing | basic hygiene |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pellets are made of owl poo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t8:o2:1
# text = Pellets are made of owl poo
1	Pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Pellets |  |  |  | of owl poo | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Owls put magic in their pellets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t8:o3:1
# text = Owls put magic in their pellets
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | Owls | magic |  | Owls's pellets |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent magic=Theme in pellet=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Owl pellets are poisonous to touch, even for a moment, and burn the skin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t8:o4:1
# text = Owl pellets are poisonous to touch, even for a moment, and burn the skin
1	Owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Owl pellets |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | Owl pellets *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **burn** | infinitive | Owl pellets *not said here* | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |

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