--- title: What would happen if the trainer stopped giving the hawk meat? — Parrots, flamingos and the bird of pre… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if the trainer stopped giving the hawk meat? Test 8 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Parrots, flamingos and the bird of pre…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show What would happen if the trainer stopped giving the hawk meat? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** trainer · **What happens:** happen, stop, give · **To what, where:** hawk meat This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t8:1 # text = What would happen if the trainer stopped giving the hawk meat? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 trainer trainer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the trainer | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **give** | gerund | the trainer *not said here* | the hawk meat | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | 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 {#o1} It would keep coming back anyway, out of love for the trainer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t8:o1:1 # text = It would keep coming back anyway, out of love for the trainer 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 trainer trainer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | It | | | | | for the trainer; love *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | gerund | | | | | | anyway *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would learn to talk ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t8:o2:1 # text = It would learn to talk 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | would | It | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It would start eating seeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t8:o3:1 # text = It would start eating seeds 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | It | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | | seeds | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It would probably stop coming back to the glove ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t8:o4:1 # text = It would probably stop coming back to the glove 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | It | | | | | probably *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **come back** | gerund | | | | the glove | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to glove=Initial\_Location | **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. 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