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description: A sign in Brazil says Spix's macaws were declared extinct in the wild in 2019. Why are some flying there again? Test 9 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show

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A sign in Brazil says Spix's macaws were declared extinct in the wild in 2019. Why are some flying there again?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sign, some · **What happens:** say, declare, fly · **To what, where:** macaws, wild · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A sign in Brazil says Spix's macaws were declared extinct in the wild in 2019.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t9:1
# text = A sign in Brazil says Spix's macaws were declared extinct in the wild in 2019.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Spix	Spix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	macaws	macaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
11	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	2019	2019	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a sign in Brazil |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | Spix's macaws |  | the wild |  | in 2019; extinct *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |

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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:* Why are some flying there again?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t9:2
# text = Why are some flying there again?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present · progressive | some |  |  | there | again |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Birds bred in captivity were released from 2022

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t9:o1:1
# text = Birds bred in captivity were released from 2022
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	bred	breed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | participle |  | Birds *not said here* |  | captivity |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **release** | past · passive |  | Birds |  | 2022 |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Scientists cloned them from feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t9:o2:1
# text = Scientists cloned them from feathers
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cloned	clone	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clone** | past | Scientists | them *= they* |  | feathers |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They had just been hiding deep in the rainforest all along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t9:o3:1
# text = They had just been hiding deep in the rainforest all along
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	along	along	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · perfect · progressive | They |  |  | the rainforest |  | along, deep *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rainforest=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They flew back from another continent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t9:o4:1
# text = They flew back from another continent
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	continent	continent	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 back** | past | They |  |  | another continent |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from continent=Trajectory |

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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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