Test 6 · Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs

«never seen a baby pigeon in my life, do they even exist» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: not see, exist, be · To what, where: baby pigeon, life

This is test 6 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 seen	punct
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 seen	advmod
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pigeon	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pigeon	compound
6	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 life	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pigeon	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 exist	punct
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 exist	aux
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 exist	nsubj
13	even	even	ADV	_	14 exist	advmod
14	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 exist	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 exist	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not see in a quote	participle		a baby pigeon	my life		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pigeon=Stimulus
2	exist in a quote	present · do-support	they				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present				right property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, but they live only in the countryside, far away from towns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 live	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 live	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 live	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 live	nsubj
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 countryside	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 countryside	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 countryside	det
9	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 live	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 away	punct
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 away	advmod
12	away	away	ADV	_	5 live	advmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 towns	case
14	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	they			the countryside		away property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in countryside=Location

Option 2

No, pigeons are made in factories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 factories	case
7	factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		pigeons		factories			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

No, pigeons lay eggs that hatch straight into grown-up birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct
3	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 hatch	nsubj
7	hatch	hatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eggs	acl:relcl
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 hatch	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	13 birds	case
10	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 birds	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 up	punct
12	up	up	ADP	_	10 grown	compound:prt
13	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hatch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lay	present	pigeons	eggs		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result
2	hatch	present	eggs		into grown birds; straight property	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient into bird=Product
3	grow up	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, but the chicks hide in the nest until they are almost grown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 hide	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hide	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 hide	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chicks	det
5	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hide	nsubj
6	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 nest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nest	det
9	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hide	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 grown	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 grown	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 grown	aux:pass
13	almost	almost	ADV	_	14 grown	advmod
14	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the chicks			the nest			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in nest=Location
2	grow	present · passive		chicks = chick				almost property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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