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description: A crow keeps cawing at one man in the park every day. What is the likely reason? Test 6 · ★★ 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 and of
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, humming…

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A crow keeps cawing at one man in the park every day. What is the likely reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crow, likely reason · **What happens:** keep, caw, be

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A crow keeps cawing at one man in the park every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t6:1
# text = A crow keeps cawing at one man in the park every day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cawing	caw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a crow |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **caw** | gerund | a crow *not said here* |  |  |  | day | at one man in the park | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at man=Stimulus |

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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:* What is the likely reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t6:2
# text = What is the likely reason?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Crows remember a face for years, and he once bothered it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t6:o1:1
# text = Crows remember a face for years, and he once bothered it
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	advmod	_	_
11	bothered	bother	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | Crows | a face |  |  | year |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
| 2 | **bother** | past | he | face |  |  |  | once *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The crow likes his hat colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t6:o2:1
# text = The crow likes his hat colour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | the crow | crow's hat colour |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot colour=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Crows cannot recognise people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t6:o3:1
# text = Crows cannot recognise people
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	recognise	recognise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **recognise** | can | Crows | people |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crows caw at every single person in the park in the same way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:t6:o4:1
# text = Crows caw at every single person in the park in the same way
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caw	caw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **caw** | present | Crows |  |  | the park |  | at every single person; in the same way | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at person=Stimulus |

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