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title: In Harry Potter, owls carry letters to people's homes. What is true… — Parrots, flamingos and the bird of pre… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Harry Potter, owls carry letters to people's homes. What is true of real owls? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show

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In Harry Potter, owls carry letters to people's homes. What is true of real owls?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** owls · **What happens:** carry, be · **To what, where:** letters, Harry

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Harry Potter, owls carry letters to people's homes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t5:1
# text = In Harry Potter, owls carry letters to people's homes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	Potter	Potter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | owls | letters |  | Harry |  | to people's homes | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to home=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true of real owls?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t5:2
# text = What is true of real owls?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of real owls; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They will deliver your letters if you give them a stamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t5:o1:1
# text = They will deliver your letters if you give them a stamp
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stamp	stamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | future | They | your letters |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |
| 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a stamp | letters *= letter* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient stamp=Theme |
| 3 | **letter** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They hunt at night and cannot be trained as postmen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t5:o2:1
# text = They hunt at night and cannot be trained as postmen
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	postmen	postman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | They |  |  |  | night |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **train** | can · passive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as postmen | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as postman=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They carry parcels heavier than themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t5:o3:1
# text = They carry parcels heavier than themselves
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	parcels	parcel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | They | parcels |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parcel=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They fly only in daylight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t5:o4:1
# text = They fly only in daylight
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | They |  |  | daylight |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in daylight=Location |

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