--- title: Why do seagulls at some beaches grab food from people's hands? — Animals outdoors, on the farm and at t… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do seagulls at some beaches grab food from people's hands? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo/t4/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Animals outdoors, on the farm and at t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo Why do seagulls at some beaches grab food from people's hands? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** beaches · **What happens:** do, grab · **To what, where:** seagulls, food, hands This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» of the everyday 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/everyday/206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:t4:1 # text = Why do seagulls at some beaches grab food from people's hands? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 3 seagulls seagull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 beaches beach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 grab grab VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | some beaches *not said here* | seagulls | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seagull=Eventuality | | 2 | **grab** | present | some beaches | food | | people's hands | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from hand=Source | 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} They are angry that people swim in their sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:t4:o1:1 # text = They are angry that people swim in their sea 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 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **swim** | present | people | | | people's sea | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Seagulls are trained by beach staff ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:t4:o2:1 # text = Seagulls are trained by beach staff 1 Seagulls seagull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 trained train VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **train** | present · passive | beach staff | Seagulls | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Seagulls have no other food anywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:t4:o3:1 # text = Seagulls have no other food anywhere 1 Seagulls seagull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Seagulls | no other food | | | | anywhere *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} People fed them and taught them to ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:t4:o4:1 # text = People fed them and taught them to 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fed feed 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | People | them *= they* | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | People *not said here* | | People | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | **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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