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title: Identify the measures to be taken before permitting a bird to fly in… — Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the measures to be taken before permitting a bird to fly indoors. Exam question 2 of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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.
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# Exam question 2 · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

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Identify the measures to be taken before permitting a bird to fly indoors.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, take, permit, fly · **To what, where:** measures, bird

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:e2:1
# text = Identify the measures to be taken before permitting a bird to fly indoors.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	permitting	permit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the measures |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **permit** | gerund | you *not said here* | a bird |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
| 4 | **fly** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The lights are switched off completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:e2:o1:1
# text = The lights are switched off completely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | present · passive |  | the lights |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The windows are opened for fresh air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:e2:o2:1
# text = The windows are opened for fresh air
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present · passive |  | the windows |  |  |  | for fresh air | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cage is removed from the room entirely so that the bird cannot return to it too soon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:e2:o3:1
# text = The cage is removed from the room entirely so that the bird cannot return to it too soon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present · passive |  | the cage |  | the room |  | entirely *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from room=Source |
| 2 | **not** **return** | can | the bird |  | cage |  |  | soon *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to it=Result |

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

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The windows and doors closed, the mirrors covered and the fans switched off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:e2:o4:1
# text = The windows and doors closed, the mirrors covered and the fans switched off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
13	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | participle |  | the windows and doors and the mirrors and the fans *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  | the mirrors *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **switch off** | participle |  | the fans *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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