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title: When the hornbill chicks are big enough, what happens to the sealed… — The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zaz… · tree and pragmatics
description: When the hornbill chicks are big enough, what happens to the sealed nest? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 9 · ★ · The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mand…

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When the hornbill chicks are big enough, what happens to the sealed nest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hornbill chicks · **What happens:** be, happen, seal

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This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t9:1
# text = When the hornbill chicks are big enough, what happens to the sealed nest?
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hornbill	hornbill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chicks	chick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the hornbill chicks |  |  |  |  | big, enough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the sealed nest | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The chicks stay inside the sealed nest forever, even when grown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t9:o1:1
# text = The chicks stay inside the sealed nest forever, even when grown
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chicks	chick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | the chicks |  |  | the sealed nest |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside nest=Location |
| 2 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **grow** | participle | the chicks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The mother breaks out, and the chicks seal it again behind her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t9:o2:1
# text = The mother breaks out, and the chicks seal it again behind her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chicks	chick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	seal	seal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break out** | present | the mother |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **seal** | present | the chicks | it |  |  | again |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient her=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tree falls down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t9:o3:1
# text = The tree falls down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall down** | present | the tree |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The male breaks it from outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu:t9:o4:1
# text = The male breaks it from outside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | the male | it |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient from outside=Co-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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