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title: You hear «ke-wick» and then «hoo-hoo-hoo» from the trees one night.… — The real animals of the Wild Wood: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: You hear «ke-wick» and then «hoo-hoo-hoo» from the trees one night. What is going on? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

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You hear «ke-wick» and then «hoo-hoo-hoo» from the trees one night. What is going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** hear, go on · **To what, where:** ke wick, trees

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» 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/405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You hear «ke-wick» and then «hoo-hoo-hoo» from the trees one night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t10:1
# text = You hear «ke-wick» and then «hoo-hoo-hoo» from the trees one night.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ke	ke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	wick	wick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hoo	hoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	hoo	hoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	hoo	hoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | You | ke wick |  | the trees | night |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wick=Topic from tree=Source |

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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 going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t10:2
# text = What is going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A fox pretending to be an owl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t10:o1:1
# text = A fox pretending to be an owl
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund | a fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a fox *not said here* | a owl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One owl calling twice, high then low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t10:o2:1
# text = One owl calling twice, high then low
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund | One owl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Two tawny owls calling to each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t10:o3:1
# text = Two tawny owls calling to each other
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	tawny	tawny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	4	obl	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund | Two tawny owls *not said here* |  | each |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A nightjar copying an owl it has heard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t10:o4:1
# text = A nightjar copying an owl it has heard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nightjar	nightjar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | gerund | a nightjar *not said here* | a owl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | present · perfect · passive |  | a nightjar |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |

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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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