Test 3 · Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lo…

In the film Rio, Blu the macaw lives in a cosy home far from his forest. What is true for real macaws?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: macaw · What happens: live, be · To what, where: film

This is test 3 of lesson 303 «Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lorikeets and the cheeky kea» 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 the film Rio, Blu the macaw lives in a cosy home far from his forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lives	obl
4	Rio	Rio	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 film	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Blu	punct
6	Blu	Blu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Rio	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 macaw	det
8	macaw	macaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lives	nsubj
9	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 home	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 home	det
12	cosy	cosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 home	amod
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lives	obl
14	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 forest	advmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 forest	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 forest	nmod:poss
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lives	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 lives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	the macaw			the film		in a cosy home; from macaw's forest	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location

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 for real macaws?

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	for	for	ADP	_	6 macaws	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 macaws	amod
6	macaws	macaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Macaws were never caught for pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Macaws	macaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 caught	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 caught	advmod
4	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 pets	case
6	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not catch	past · passive		Macaws				for pets	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for pet=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wild macaws belong in forests; catching them for pets made some kinds rare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 macaws	amod
2	macaws	macaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 belong	nsubj
3	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 forests	case
5	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 belong	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 catching	punct
7	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 belong	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 catching	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 pets	case
10	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catching	obl
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 pets	acl
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 kinds	det
13	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 rare	nsubj
14	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	belong	present	Wild macaws		forests		vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	catch	gerund	Wild macaws not said here	macaws = macaw		for pets	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Theme for pet=Beneficiary
3	make	participle		pets not said here		rare property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3

Macaws are happiest in small cages, where they feel safe from the eagles of the forest

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Macaws	macaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happiest	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happiest	cop
3	happiest	happy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cages	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cages	amod
6	cages	cage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happiest	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feel	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 feel	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feel	nsubj
10	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happiest	parataxis
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feel	xcomp
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 eagles	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 eagles	det
14	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 safe	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 forest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 forest	det
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eagles	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Macaws			small cages		happy property	tree rules
2	feel	present	Macaws = macaw					safe property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

All macaws come from snowy mountains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 macaws	det
2	macaws	macaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 mountains	case
5	snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mountains	amod
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	all macaws			snowy mountains			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial_Location

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