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title: the flamingos have gone all pale, keeper whats wrong with em — Parrots, flamingos and the bird of pre… · tree and pragmatics
description: the flamingos have gone all pale, keeper whats wrong with em Test 3 · ★ of lesson 94 «Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show» 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 3 · ★ · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show

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the flamingos have gone all pale, keeper whats wrong with em

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flamingos · **What happens:** go

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 94 «Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show» 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/94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t3:1
# text = the flamingos have gone all pale, keeper whats wrong with em
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flamingos	flamingo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	whats	what	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	em	em	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · perfect | the flamingos |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Their food is missing the pink pigments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t3:o1:1
# text = Their food is missing the pink pigments
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	missing	miss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pigments	pigment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present · progressive | Their food | the pink pigments |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pigment=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are cold and frightened of all the visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t3:o2:1
# text = They are cold and frightened of all the visitors
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **frighten** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of all visitors | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are very old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t3:o3:1
# text = They are very old
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They have been in the sun too long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t3:o4:1
# text = They have been in the sun too long
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · perfect | They |  |  | the sun |  | long *property* | tree rules |

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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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