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title: «the robin over in Canada's the same as ours, just bigger» What is r… — Animals of North America and Britain:… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the robin over in Canada's the same as ours, just bigger» What is right? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles, raccoons, beavers, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, robins» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles,…

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«the robin over in Canada's the same as ours, just bigger» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles, raccoons, beavers, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, robins» 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/80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t5:1
# text = «the robin over in Canada's the same as ours, just bigger» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, the American robin is an eagle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t5:o1:1
# text = No, the American robin is an eagle
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the American robin | a eagle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, the American robin is a thrush, a different bird named after ours

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t5:o2:1
# text = No, the American robin is a thrush, a different bird named after ours
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thrush	thrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the American robin | a thrush |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** | participle |  | a different bird *not said here* |  |  | after ours |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, they swap countries every winter and come back fatter in spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, they swap countries every winter and come back fatter in spring
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swap	swap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	fatter	fat	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | present | they | countries |  |  | winter |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |
| 2 | **come back** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, exactly the same bird species, it just eats more over there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, exactly the same bird species, it just eats more over there
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
13	over	over	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | it | the same bird species |  | there |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «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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