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title: Ascertain the process whereby newly hatched ducklings come to follow… — Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the process whereby newly hatched ducklings come to follow their mother. Exam question 4 of lesson 123 «Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 4 · Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks

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Ascertain the process whereby newly hatched ducklings come to follow their mother.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, hatched ducklings · **What happens:** ascertain, hatch, come, follow · **To what, where:** process, mother

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 123 «Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the process whereby newly hatched ducklings come to follow their mother.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	newly	newly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hatched	hatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	ducklings	duckling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the process |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent process=Topic |
| 2 | **hatch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | newly *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **come** | present | hatched ducklings |  |  |  |  | whereby *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **follow** | to-infinitive | hatched ducklings *not said here* | ducklings's mother |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Instruction by the father prior to hatching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:e4:o1:1
# text = Instruction by the father prior to hatching
1	Instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	hatching	hatching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** |  | the father |  |  |  |  | prior hatching | nom instruction «communication transitive»: by=agent prior=obl |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Imprinting upon the first moving object perceived after hatching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:e4:o2:1
# text = Imprinting upon the first moving object perceived after hatching
1	Imprinting	imprint	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
5	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	perceived	perceive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	hatching	hatch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imprint** | gerund |  |  |  | the first moving object |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon object=Destination |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **perceive** | past | Imprinting |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **hatch** | gerund | Imprinting *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Attraction exclusively to the colour of the mother's plumage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:e4:o3:1
# text = Attraction exclusively to the colour of the mother's plumage
1	Attraction	attraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	plumage	plumage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Physical attachment by means of vegetation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:e4:o4:1
# text = Physical attachment by means of vegetation
1	Physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	attachment	attachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Physical attachment of vegetation *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **attach** |  |  | vegetation |  |  |  |  | nom attachment «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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**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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