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title: «why'd they use kites from Spain, not English ones» What is the best… — Conservation: how people help animals… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why'd they use kites from Spain, not English ones» What is the best reason? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Conservation: how people help animals come back

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«why'd they use kites from Spain, not English ones» What is the best reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** use, be · **To what, where:** kites, Spain, best reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» 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/78-conservation-animals-come-back/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t6:1
# text = «why'd they use kites from Spain, not English ones» What is the best reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	kites	kite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** *in a quote* | present | they | kites |  | Spain |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent kite=Theme clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the best reason |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Almost none were left in England, and Spanish ones are the same species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t6:o1:1
# text = Almost none were left in England, and Spanish ones are the same species
1	Almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  | none |  | England |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in england=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Spanish ones | the same species |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Spanish kites are a bigger and better species that hunts more rabbits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t6:o2:1
# text = Spanish kites are a bigger and better species that hunts more rabbits
1	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kites	kite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
8	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spanish kites | a bigger species |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | a bigger species | more rabbits |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spain wanted to get rid of its kites

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t6:o3:1
# text = Spain wanted to get rid of its kites
1	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	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	kites	kite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Spain |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Spain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **kite** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom kite «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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English kites cannot fly over motorways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t6:o4:1
# text = English kites cannot fly over motorways
1	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kites	kite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	motorways	motorway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fly** | can | English kites |  |  | motorways |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over motorway=Location |

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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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