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title: A clip online shows a parrot singing a whole pop song perfectly and… — Documentaries vs cartoons: added sound… · tree and pragmatics
description: A clip online shows a parrot singing a whole pop song perfectly and chatting about its day. What makes you doubt it? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories an…

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A clip online shows a parrot singing a whole pop song perfectly and chatting about its day. What makes you doubt it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clip, parrot, you · **What happens:** show, sing, chat, make, doubt · **To what, where:** parrot, whole pop song, you

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A clip online shows a parrot singing a whole pop song perfectly and chatting about its day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:t9:1
# text = A clip online shows a parrot singing a whole pop song perfectly and chatting about its day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clip	clip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	online	online	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
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	6	det	_	_
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a clip |  | a parrot |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parrot=Recipient |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a parrot *not said here* | a whole pop song |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 3 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | a parrot *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 makes you doubt it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:t9:2
# text = What makes you doubt it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **doubt** | infinitive | you *not said here* | parrot |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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All parrot videos online are real, so there is nothing to doubt at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:t9:o1:1
# text = All parrot videos online are real, so there is nothing to doubt at all
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	online	online	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all parrot videos |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **doubt** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Parrots cannot make any sounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:t9:o2:1
# text = Parrots cannot make any sounds
1	Parrots	parrot	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	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	sounds	sound	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** **make** | can | Parrots | any sounds |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product |

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

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No named makers or scientists, and it does not fit what parrots are known to do

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:t9:o3:1
# text = No named makers or scientists, and it does not fit what parrots are known to do
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
13	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **fit** | present · do-support | it | no named makers or scientists |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 3 | **know** | present · passive |  | no named makers or scientists |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Parrots only ever sing classical music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:t9:o4:1
# text = Parrots only ever sing classical music
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	sing	sing	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	classical	classical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | Parrots | classical music |  |  | ever |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location music=Theme |

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