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title: A bird sits under a cover in a quiet room from evening till morning.… — Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet · tree and pragmatics
description: A bird sits under a cover in a quiet room from evening till morning. Why is this good for it? Test 5 · ★★ 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 r
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

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A bird sits under a cover in a quiet room from evening till morning. Why is this good for it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird, this · **What happens:** sit, be · **To what, where:** cover

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A bird sits under a cover in a quiet room from evening till morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t5:1
# text = A bird sits under a cover in a quiet room from evening till morning.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	till	till	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | a bird |  |  | a cover |  | in a quiet room from evening till morning | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under cover=Location |

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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 this good for it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t5:2
# text = Why is this good for it?
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	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | for room; good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It stops the bird from eating at night and getting fat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t5:o1:1
# text = It stops the bird from eating at night and getting fat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
11	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | It | the bird |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality bird=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | gerund |  | fat |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fat=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Birds need about ten to twelve hours of dark, quiet sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t5:o2:1
# text = Birds need about ten to twelve hours of dark, quiet sleep
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Birds |  |  |  | hour |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Birds are afraid of seeing the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t5:o3:1
# text = Birds are afraid of seeing the moon
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Birds |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | gerund | Birds *not said here* | the moon |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It keeps the bird warm like a coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t5:o4:1
# text = It keeps the bird warm like a coat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | the bird |  |  |  | like a coat; warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

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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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