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Test 5 · Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs

In a cartoon a pigeon tips its head right back to gulp water like a hen. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pigeon · What happens: tip, gulp, be · To what, where: head, cartoon, water

This is test 5 of lesson 221 «Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs» of the biology 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In a cartoon a pigeon tips its head right back to gulp water like a hen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tips	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pigeon	det
5	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tips	nsubj
6	tips	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tips	obj
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 back	advmod
10	back	back	ADV	_	6 tips	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 gulp	mark
12	gulp	gulp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tips	advcl
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gulp	obj
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 hen	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 hen	det
16	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gulp	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tips	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	present	a pigeon	pigeon's head		a cartoon			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent head=Theme in cartoon=Destination
2	gulp	to-infinitive	a pigeon not said here	water				like a hen	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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.

Sentence 2: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real pigeons suck water up without lifting their heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pigeons	amod
2	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 suck	nsubj
3	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suck	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 suck	compound:prt
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 lifting	mark
7	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 suck	advcl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 heads	nmod:poss
9	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lifting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck up	present	Real pigeons	water					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source
2	lift	gerund	Real pigeons not said here	pigeons's heads					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 2

Pigeons never drink, they get all their water from bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drink	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 drink	advmod
3	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drink	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 water	det:predet
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 water	nmod:poss
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 bread	case
11	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drink	present	Pigeons						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	Pigeons = pigeon	Pigeons's water		bread			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from bread=Source

Option 3

Real pigeons drink exactly like hens do, tipping their heads back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pigeons	amod
2	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drink	nsubj
3	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	3 drink	advmod
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 do	mark
6	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drink	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tipping	punct
9	tipping	tip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Ger	3 drink	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 heads	nmod:poss
11	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tipping	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	9 tipping	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	Real pigeons					exactly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	hens						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tip back	gerund	Real pigeons not said here	hens's heads					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 4

Pigeons drink only rainwater, catching drops from the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drink	nsubj
2	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 rainwater	advmod
4	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drink	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 catching	punct
6	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 drink	advcl
7	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 catching	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 air	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 air	det
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	Pigeons	rainwater					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rainwater=Patient
2	catch	gerund	Pigeons not said here	drops		the air			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent drop=Theme from air=Source

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