--- title: A child in Auckland finds a featherless baby bird on the ground belo… — Thinking like an animal · tree and pragmatics description: A child in Auckland finds a featherless baby bird on the ground below a nest she can reach. What is best? 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What is best? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** find, reach, be · **To what, where:** featherless baby bird, ground, nest This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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/30-thinking-like-an-animal/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A child in Auckland finds a featherless baby bird on the ground below a nest she can reach. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t2:1 # text = A child in Auckland finds a featherless baby bird on the ground below a nest she can reach. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Auckland Auckland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 featherless featherless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 below below ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present | a child in Auckland | a featherless baby bird | | the ground below a nest | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Topic | | 2 | **reach** | can | child | a nest *not said here* | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nest=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. *Sentence 2:* What is best? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t2:2 # text = What is best? 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 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Leave it on the ground for the parents to feed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t2:o1:1 # text = Leave it on the ground for the parents to feed 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the ground | | for the parents | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on ground=Location | | 2 | **feed** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ask an adult to put it gently back in the nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t2:o2:1 # text = Ask an adult to put it gently back in the nest 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 gently gently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **put back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | adult | | the nest | | gently *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in nest=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Leave it out because its parents will reject it now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t2:o3:1 # text = Leave it out because its parents will reject it now 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 reject reject VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **reject** | future | its parents | it | | | now | | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Take it home and feed it bread and milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t2:o4:1 # text = Take it home and feed it bread and milk 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 feed feed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **feed** | present | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bread=Theme | **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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