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title: A girl in Melbourne lets her budgie fly in the lounge while the ceil… — Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Melbourne lets her budgie fly in the lounge while the ceiling fan is spinning. Why is that dangerous? Test 1 · ★★ 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; M
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

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A girl in Melbourne lets her budgie fly in the lounge while the ceiling fan is spinning. Why is that dangerous?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, budgie, ceiling fan · **What happens:** let, fly, spin, be · **To what, where:** budgie, lounge

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Melbourne lets her budgie fly in the lounge while the ceiling fan is spinning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t1:1
# text = A girl in Melbourne lets her budgie fly in the lounge while the ceiling fan is spinning.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	budgie	budgie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lounge	lounge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | a girl in Melbourne | girl's budgie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** | present | girl's budgie *not said here* |  |  | the lounge |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lounge=Location |
| 3 | **spin** | present · progressive | the ceiling fan |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is that dangerous?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t1:2
# text = Why is that dangerous?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The fan will blow away its food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t1:o1:1
# text = The fan will blow away its food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow away** | future | the fan | fan's food |  |  |  | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Budgies are frightened of the colour of fans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t1:o2:1
# text = Budgies are frightened of the colour of fans
1	Budgies	budgie	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	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present · passive |  | Budgies |  |  |  | of the colour of fans | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fan makes the bird too cold to fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t1:o3:1
# text = The fan makes the bird too cold to fly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the fan | the bird |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bird=Product |
| 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | the fan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The bird can fly into the fan and be badly hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t1:o4:1
# text = The bird can fly into the fan and be badly hurt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | can | the bird |  |  |  |  | into the fan *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fan=Result |
| 2 | **hurt** | infinitive · passive | the bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

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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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