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title: Crap, the phone rang again, no wait, it's the starling on the roof.… — Birds of every kind: penguins, ostrich… · tree and pragmatics
description: Crap, the phone rang again, no wait, it's the starling on the roof. Is that possible? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, hummingbirds, songbirds, crows» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, humming…

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Crap, the phone rang again, no wait, it's the starling on the roof. Is that possible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phone, that · **What happens:** ring, be · **To what, where:** Crap, starling, roof

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, hummingbirds, songbirds, crows» 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/35-birds-of-every-kind/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Crap, the phone rang again, no wait, it's the starling on the roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t12:1
# text = Crap, the phone rang again, no wait, it's the starling on the roof.
1	Crap	crap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	starling	starling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the phone | Crap |  |  | again | no wait *obl* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | phone | the starling |  | the roof |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that possible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t12:2
# text = Is that possible?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only parrots can do that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t12:o1:1
# text = Only parrots can do that
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | parrots | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

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

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Yes, starlings copy ringtones and alarms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, starlings copy ringtones and alarms
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	starlings	starling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	copy	copy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ringtones	ringtone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	alarms	alarm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | starlings | ringtones and alarms |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ringtone=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, birds cannot copy machine sounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t12:o3:1
# text = No, birds cannot copy machine sounds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **copy** | can | birds | machine sounds |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only in Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t12:o4:1
# text = Only in Australia
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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