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title: Grandad says one brave monarch flies to Mexico and back every year.… — The butterfly house · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad says one brave monarch flies to Mexico and back every year. Right? Test 9 of lesson 98 «The butterfly house» 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 9 · The butterfly house

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Grandad says one brave monarch flies to Mexico and back every year. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, one brave monarch · **What happens:** say, fly · **To what, where:** Mexico · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 98 «The butterfly house» 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/98-the-butterfly-house/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad says one brave monarch flies to Mexico and back every year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:98-the-butterfly-house:t9:1
# text = Grandad says one brave monarch flies to Mexico and back every year.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fly** | present | one brave monarch |  | Mexico |  | year |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mexico=Result |

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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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:98-the-butterfly-house:t9:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, every single monarch does the whole round trip itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:98-the-butterfly-house:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, every single monarch does the whole round trip itself
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | every single monarch | the whole round trip  monarch |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, monarchs never leave Canada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:98-the-butterfly-house:t9:o2:1
# text = No, monarchs never leave Canada
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | present | monarchs | Canada |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canada=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, and it does it three times a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:98-the-butterfly-house:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, and it does it three times a year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | it | it |  |  | time |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it takes several generations to fly north again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:98-the-butterfly-house:t9:o4:1
# text = No, it takes several generations to fly north again
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	generations	generation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	north	north	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | it | several generations |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent generation=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive |  | several generations *not said here* |  |  | again | north *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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