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title: Your friend says, "Owls can spin their heads in a full circle, like… — Wild animals and tall tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friend says, "Owls can spin their heads in a full circle, like a cartoon." Wise reply? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Wild animals and tall tales

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Your friend says, "Owls can spin their heads in a full circle, like a cartoon." Wise reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Owls · **What happens:** say, spin · **To what, where:** heads, full circle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» 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/8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend says, "Owls can spin their heads in a full circle, like a cartoon."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t6:1
# text = Your friend says, "Owls can spin their heads in a full circle, like a cartoon."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **spin** *in a quote* | can | Owls | Owls's heads |  | a full circle and a cartoon |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=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:* Wise reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t6:2
# text = Wise reply?
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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"Only baby owls can do that."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t6:o1:1
# text = "Only baby owls can do that."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | can | baby owls | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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"Totally, they can turn their heads two full times round."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t6:o2:1
# text = "Totally, they can turn their heads two full times round."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** *in a quote* | can | they | their heads |  |  |  | round, totally *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"No, owls can't turn their heads at all."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t6:o3:1
# text = "No, owls can't turn their heads at all."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **turn** *in a quote* | can | owls | owls's heads |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

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

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"Nearly! About three-quarters round, still amazing."

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*Sentence 1:* "Nearly!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t6:o4:1
# text = "Nearly!
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* About three-quarters round, still amazing."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t6:o4:2
# text = About three-quarters round, still amazing."
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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