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description: On a walk by the river a swan hisses and spreads its wings near its nest. What should you do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths 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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# Test 5 · ★ · Birds and baby animals

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On a walk by the river a swan hisses and spreads its wings near its nest. What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** swan, river, you · **What happens:** hiss, spread, walk, do · **To what, where:** walk, wings, nest

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths 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/myths/10-birds-and-baby-animals/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a walk by the river a swan hisses and spreads its wings near its nest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t5:1
# text = On a walk by the river a swan hisses and spreads its wings near its nest.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hisses	hiss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	spreads	spread	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hiss** | present | a swan |  |  | a walk by the river |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on walk=Location |
| 2 | **spread** | present | a swan *not said here* | swan's wings |  | swan's nest |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wing=Theme near nest=Destination |
| 3 | **walk** |  | the river |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act transitive»: by=agent |

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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:* What should you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t5:2
# text = What should you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Go closer to have a look at the eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t5:o1:1
# text = Go closer to have a look at the eggs
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a look |  | the eggs |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient |

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

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Back away calmly and give it space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t5:o2:1
# text = Back away calmly and give it space
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient space=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stroke its long neck gently to calm it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t5:o3:1
# text = Stroke its long neck gently to calm it
1	Stroke	stroke	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroke** | imperative | you *not said here* | its long neck |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Experiencer |
| 2 | **calm** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | neck |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Throw a few stones at it to scare it off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t5:o4:1
# text = Throw a few stones at it to scare it off
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | a few stones |  | it |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at it=Destination |
| 2 | **scare off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

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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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