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title: A lion creeps towards a resting ostrich on the open plain. What will… — Myth check: do ostriches bury their he… · tree and pragmatics
description: A lion creeps towards a resting ostrich on the open plain. What will the ostrich most likely do? Test 7 of lesson 151 «Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the sand?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 7 · Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the sand?

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A lion creeps towards a resting ostrich on the open plain. What will the ostrich most likely do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lion, ostrich · **What happens:** creep, rest, do · **To what, where:** open plain

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This is test 7 of lesson 151 «Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the sand?» 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/151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A lion creeps towards a resting ostrich on the open plain.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:t7:1
# text = A lion creeps towards a resting ostrich on the open plain.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	creeps	creep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	amod	_	_
7	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | present | a lion |  |  | the open plain |  | towards a resting ostrich | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards ostrich=Destination |
| 2 | **rest** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What will the ostrich most likely do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:t7:2
# text = What will the ostrich most likely do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | future | the ostrich |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fly straight up into the nearest tall tree and wait there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:t7:o1:1
# text = Fly straight up into the nearest tall tree and wait there
1	Fly	fly	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the nearest tall tree *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into tree=Result |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Bury its head and wait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:t7:o2:1
# text = Bury its head and wait
1	Bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | imperative | you *not said here* | its head |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Spot it with its huge eyes and sprint away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:t7:o3:1
# text = Spot it with its huge eyes and sprint away
1	Spot	spot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sprint	sprint	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with its huge eyes | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with eye=Theme |
| 2 | **sprint away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sit on the lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:t7:o4:1
# text = Sit on the lion
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on the lion | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on lion=Location |

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