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title: «crap, cricket's chirping right by my head, where's its ears even» W… — Counting animals: eyes, ears, hearts,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «crap, cricket's chirping right by my head, where's its ears even» What is right? Test 8 of lesson 41 «Counting animals: eyes, ears, hearts, trunks, tentacles, teeth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 8 · Counting animals: eyes, ears, hearts, trunks, tentacles, t…

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«crap, cricket's chirping right by my head, where's its ears even» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crap · **What happens:** chirp, be · **To what, where:** ears

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This is test 8 of lesson 41 «Counting animals: eyes, ears, hearts, trunks, tentacles, teeth» 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/41-counting-animals/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:41-counting-animals:t8:1
# text = «crap, cricket's chirping right by my head, where's its ears even» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	crap	crap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	chirping	chirp	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	nsubj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chirp** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | head's ears |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | crap and cricket's head |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It hears through its mouth, no ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:41-counting-animals:t8:o1:1
# text = It hears through its mouth, no ears
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	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	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | It |  |  | its mouth and no ears |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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On its front legs, just below the knees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:41-counting-animals:t8:o2:1
# text = On its front legs, just below the knees
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	below	below	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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On its back, hidden under its wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:41-counting-animals:t8:o3:1
# text = On its back, hidden under its wings
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | its back |  | under back's wings | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On its head, tucked under its antennae

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:41-counting-animals:t8:o4:1
# text = On its head, tucked under its antennae
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	antennae	antennae	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | participle |  |  |  | its head |  | under head's antennae | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent on head=Trajectory |

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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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