Test 11 · ★ · Birds: feathers, nests and flight

how do birds chew if they got no teeth

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: birds · What happens: chew, get · To what, where: teeth

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 73 «Birds: feathers, nests and flight» of the world 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 chew	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 chew	aux
3	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chew	nsubj
4	chew	chew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 got	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chew	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 teeth	det
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	present · do-support	birds						vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get a condition, not said to happen	past	birds = bird	no teeth					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A muscly part of the stomach, the gizzard, grinds the food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	muscly	muscly	ADJ	_	3 part	amod
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grinds	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 stomach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stomach	det
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gizzard	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gizzard	det
9	gizzard	gizzard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stomach	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 part	punct
11	grinds	grind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 food	det
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grinds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grind	present	a muscly part of the stomach and the gizzard	the food					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 2

They chew with hard ridges on their tongue

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 chew	nsubj
2	chew	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 ridges	case
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ridges	amod
5	ridges	ridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chew	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 tongue	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tongue	nmod:poss
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	present	They					with hard ridges; on ridges's tongue	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on tongue=Patient

Option 3

They only eat soft food like nectar and worms that needs no chewing

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 eat	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 nectar	case
7	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 worms	cc
9	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nectar	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 needs	nsubj
11	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 nectar	acl:relcl
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 chewing	det
13	chewing	chewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	They	soft food				like nectar and worms	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
2	need	present	nectar and worms	no chewing					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot chewing=Theme

Option 4

Their beaks have tiny teeth too small to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 beaks	nmod:poss
2	beaks	beak	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 teeth	amod
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 small	advmod
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 teeth	amod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 small	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Their beaks	tiny teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	see	to-infinitive	Their beaks not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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