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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: anim… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pedestrian who strikes a magpie with stones. Exam question 4 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 4 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pedestrian who strikes a magpie with stones.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, pedestrian · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, strike · **To what, where:** response, pedestrian, magpie

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pedestrian who strikes a magpie with stones.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	strikes	strike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	magpie	magpie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a pedestrian |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pedestrian=Experiencer |
| 4 | **strike** | present | a pedestrian | a magpie |  |  |  | with stones | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent magpie=Patient with stone=Instrument |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The bird will thereafter avoid that pedestrian entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e4:o1:1
# text = The bird will thereafter avoid that pedestrian entirely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | future | the bird | that pedestrian |  |  |  | entirely, thereafter *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent pedestrian=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bird will relocate its nest the same day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e4:o2:1
# text = The bird will relocate its nest the same day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	relocate	relocate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | future | the bird | bird's nest |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bird will forget the matter at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e4:o3:1
# text = The bird will forget the matter at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | future | the bird | the matter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The bird may remember the pedestrian and swoop more often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e4:o4:1
# text = The bird may remember the pedestrian and swoop more often
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	swoop	swoop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | may | the bird | the pedestrian |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent pedestrian=Theme |
| 2 | **swoop** | present | the bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | tree rules |

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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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