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title: «cassowary looks friendly, I'll give it my sandwich» Why is that a b… — Animals of Australia and New Zealand:… · tree and pragmatics
description: «cassowary looks friendly, I'll give it my sandwich» Why is that a bad idea? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Animals of Australia and New Zealand: kangaroos, koalas, wombats, kiwis» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Animals of Australia and New Zealand: kangaroos, koalas, w…

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«cassowary looks friendly, I'll give it my sandwich» Why is that a bad idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cassowary, I · **What happens:** look, give, be · **To what, where:** cassowary, bad idea

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Animals of Australia and New Zealand: kangaroos, koalas, wombats, kiwis» 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/79-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:79-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand:t6:1
# text = «cassowary looks friendly, I'll give it my sandwich» Why is that a bad idea?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cassowary	cassowary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | present | cassowary |  |  |  |  | friendly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | future | I | cassowary |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient sandwich=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | 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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Fed cassowaries lose their fear of people and may kick with sharp claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:79-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand:t6:o1:1
# text = Fed cassowaries lose their fear of people and may kick with sharp claws
1	Fed	fed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cassowaries	cassowary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	kick	kick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | Fed cassowaries | cassowaries's fear of people |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality |
| 2 | **kick** | may | Fed cassowaries *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with sharp claws | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with claw=Instrument |
| 3 | **fear** |  | cassowaries *= cassowary* | people |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cassowaries only eat meat, so the bread would make them angry and attack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:79-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand:t6:o2:1
# text = Cassowaries only eat meat, so the bread would make them angry and attack
1	Cassowaries	cassowary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Cassowaries | meat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | would | the bread | Cassowaries *= cassowary* |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sandwiches make cassowaries sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:79-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand:t6:o3:1
# text = Sandwiches make cassowaries sleepy
1	Sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cassowaries	cassowary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Sandwiches | cassowaries |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material cassowary=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is fine, cassowaries never kick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:79-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand:t6:o4:1
# text = It is fine, cassowaries never kick
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	cassowaries	cassowary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	kick	kick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **kick** | present | cassowaries |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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