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Test 9 · ★ · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show

A sign in Brazil says Spix's macaws were declared extinct in the wild in 2019. Why are some flying there again?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sign, some · What happens: say, declare, fly · To what, where: macaws, wild · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: A sign in Brazil says Spix's macaws were declared extinct in the wild in 2019.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Brazil	case
4	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sign	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Spix	Spix	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 macaws	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Spix	case
8	macaws	macaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 declared	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 declared	aux:pass
10	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	ccomp
11	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 declared	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 wild	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wild	det
14	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 declared	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 2019	case
16	2019	2019	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 declared	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a sign in Brazil						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	declare speech: other	past · passive		Spix's macaws		the wild		in 2019; extinct property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

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: Why are some flying there again?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 flying	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 flying	aux
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 flying	nsubj
4	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 flying	advmod
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 flying	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 flying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present · progressive	some			there	again		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

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

Birds bred in captivity were released from 2022

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 released	nsubj:pass
2	bred	breed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Birds	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 captivity	case
4	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bred	obl
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 released	aux:pass
6	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 2022	case
8	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breed	participle		Birds not said here		captivity			tree rules
2	release	past · passive		Birds		2022			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

Option 2

Scientists cloned them from feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cloned	nsubj
2	cloned	clone	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cloned	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 feathers	case
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cloned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clone	past	Scientists	them = they		feathers			tree rules

Option 3

They had just been hiding deep in the rainforest all along

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	5 hiding	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 hiding	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 hiding	aux
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	deep	deep	ADV	_	5 hiding	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 rainforest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rainforest	det
9	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl
10	all	all	ADV	_	11 along	advmod
11	along	along	ADV	_	5 hiding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · progressive	They			the rainforest		along, deep property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rainforest=Location

Option 4

They flew back from another continent

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 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 continent	case
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 continent	det
6	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly back	past	They			another continent			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from continent=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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