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Test 5 · ★ · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show

In Harry Potter, owls carry letters to people's homes. What is true of real owls?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: owls · What happens: carry, be · To what, where: letters, Harry

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 94 «Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show» 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 Harry Potter, owls carry letters to people's homes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Harry	case
2	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 carry	obl
3	Potter	Potter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Harry	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Harry	punct
5	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	nsubj
6	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 homes	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 homes	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 people	case
11	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	owls	letters		Harry		to people's homes	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to home=Destination

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 of real owls?

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	of	of	ADP	_	6 owls	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 owls	amod
6	owls	owl	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						of real owls; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

They will deliver your letters if you give them a stamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deliver	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 deliver	aux
3	deliver	deliver	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 letters	nmod:poss
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deliver	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 give	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 give	nsubj
8	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deliver	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stamp	det
11	stamp	stamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	future	They	your letters					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient
2	give a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a stamp	letters = letter				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient stamp=Theme
3	letter		your						nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

They hunt at night and cannot be trained as postmen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hunt	nsubj
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 night	case
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 trained	cc
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 trained	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 trained	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 trained	aux:pass
9	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hunt	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 postmen	case
11	postmen	postman	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 trained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	They				night		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not train	can · passive	They not said here					as postmen	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as postman=Attribute

Option 3

They carry parcels heavier than themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carry	nsubj
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	parcels	parcel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carry	obj
4	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 carry	xcomp
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 themselves	case
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 heavier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	They	parcels				heavy property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parcel=Theme

Option 4

They fly only in daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fly	nsubj
2	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 daylight	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 daylight	case
5	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	They			daylight			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in daylight=Location

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