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title: oi why's that goose at the back of the V and not leading? — Migration: the great journeys · tree and pragmatics
description: oi why's that goose at the back of the V and not leading? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Migration: the great journeys» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Migration: the great journeys

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
oi why's that goose at the back of the V and not leading?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** 's · **What happens:** goose, not lead · **To what, where:** back

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Migration: the great journeys» 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/54-migration-the-great-journeys/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t7:1
# text = oi why's that goose at the back of the V and not leading?
1	oi	oi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	'	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	goose	goose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	V	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **goose** | present | 's |  |  | the back of the V |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **lead** | gerund | 's *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It's lost and following anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t7:o1:1
# text = It's lost and following anyone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Back geese are the babies who are being punished for being slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t7:o2:1
# text = Back geese are the babies who are being punished for being slow
1	Back	back	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Back geese | the babies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **punish** | present · passive |  | the babies |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |

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

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They take turns at the front because it's the hardest place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t7:o3:1
# text = They take turns at the front because it's the hardest place
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | They | turns |  | the front |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent turn=Theme at front=Asset |
| 2 | **is a** | present | front | the hardest place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The leader is always the oldest and never changes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t7:o4:1
# text = The leader is always the oldest and never changes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the leader |  |  |  |  | always, old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **change** | present | the leader *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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