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title: The Pigeon screams that Alice is a serpent who eats eggs. Which part… — The real animals of Wonderland: the do… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Pigeon screams that Alice is a serpent who eats eggs. Which part of its fear is true about real animals? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 401 «The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, the March hare, flamingos and hedgehogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 9 · ★★ · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…

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The Pigeon screams that Alice is a serpent who eats eggs. Which part of its fear is true about real animals?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pigeon, Alice, serpent, part · **What happens:** scream, be, eat, fear · **To what, where:** serpent, eggs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 401 «The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, the March hare, flamingos and hedgehogs» 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/401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Pigeon screams that Alice is a serpent who eats eggs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t9:1
# text = The Pigeon screams that Alice is a serpent who eats eggs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	screams	scream	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | the Pigeon |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Alice | a serpent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | present | a serpent | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which part of its fear is true about real animals?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t9:2
# text = Which part of its fear is true about real animals?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which part of part's fear |  |  |  |  | about real animals; true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fear** |  | part |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Snakes really do eat birds' eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t9:o1:1
# text = Snakes really do eat birds' eggs
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · do-support | Snakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pigeons really do eat snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t9:o2:1
# text = Pigeons really do eat snakes
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · do-support | Pigeons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Pigeons really do lay eggs on the ground in the open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t9:o3:1
# text = Pigeons really do lay eggs on the ground in the open
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present · do-support | Pigeons | eggs |  | the ground |  | in the open | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme on ground=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Girls with long necks really do eat eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t9:o4:1
# text = Girls with long necks really do eat eggs
1	Girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · do-support | Girls with long necks | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |

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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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