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title: In the game Angry Birds, birds are flung from a catapult to fly fast… — City birds: sparrows, starlings, swift… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the game Angry Birds, birds are flung from a catapult to fly fast. Which real bird is the fastest animal on Earth? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 369 «City birds: sparrows, starlings, swifts, crows and peregrines on tall buildings» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 7 · ★ · City birds: sparrows, starlings, swifts, crows and peregri…

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In the game Angry Birds, birds are flung from a catapult to fly fast. Which real bird is the fastest animal on Earth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** fling, fly, be · **To what, where:** Angry Birds, game, fastest animal, Earth

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 369 «City birds: sparrows, starlings, swifts, crows and peregrines on tall buildings» 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/369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the game Angry Birds, birds are flung from a catapult to fly fast.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings:t7:1
# text = In the game Angry Birds, birds are flung from a catapult to fly fast.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	Angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	flung	fling	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	catapult	catapult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | present · passive |  | Angry Birds and birds |  | the game |  | from a catapult | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in game=Destination |
| 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 real bird is the fastest animal on Earth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings:t7:2
# text = Which real bird is the fastest animal on Earth?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The house sparrow on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings:t7:o1:1
# text = The house sparrow on the ground
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The starling in a murmuration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings:t7:o2:1
# text = The starling in a murmuration
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	starling	starling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	murmuration	murmuration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The peregrine falcon in a hunting dive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings:t7:o3:1
# text = The peregrine falcon in a hunting dive
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	peregrine	peregrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	falcon	falcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dive	dive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The swift taking off from the pavement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings:t7:o4:1
# text = The swift taking off from the pavement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swift	swift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | gerund | the swift *not said here* |  |  | the pavement |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent from pavement=Initial\_Location |

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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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