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title: Ascertain the purpose for which the female red-billed hornbill seals… — The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zaz… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the purpose for which the female red-billed hornbill seals the entrance to her nest with mud. Exam question 4 of lesson 126 «The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mand…

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Ascertain the purpose for which the female red-billed hornbill seals the entrance to her nest with mud.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, female billed hornbill · **What happens:** ascertain, bill, seal · **To what, where:** purpose, entrance

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 126 «The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills» 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/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose for which the female red-billed hornbill seals the entrance to her nest with mud.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	billed	bill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	hornbill	hornbill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	seals	seal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 purpose |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **bill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **seal** | present | the female billed hornbill | the entrance |  |  |  | for the purpose; to hornbill's nest; with mud | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent entrance=Patient to nest=Co-Patient with mud=Instrument |

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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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The suppression of noise made by the chicks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:e4:o1:1
# text = The suppression of noise made by the chicks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suppression	suppression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chicks	chick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the suppression of noise *not said here* |  |  |  | by the chicks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **suppress** |  |  | noise |  |  |  |  | nom suppression «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The exclusion of the male from the nest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:e4:o2:1
# text = The exclusion of the male from the nest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** |  |  | the male from the nest |  |  |  |  | nom exclusion «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The exclusion of snakes, monkeys and other thieves of eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:e4:o3:1
# text = The exclusion of snakes, monkeys and other thieves of eggs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** |  |  | snakes and monkeys and other thieves of eggs |  |  |  |  | nom exclusion «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The exclusion of rainwater during the wet season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:e4:o4:1
# text = The exclusion of rainwater during the wet season
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** |  |  | rainwater |  |  | during the wet season |  | nom exclusion «state transitive»: of=patient during=obl |

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