--- title: Ascertain the reason for which Adélie penguins construct their nests… — Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, cl… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the reason for which Adélie penguins construct their nests from stones. Exam question 4 of lesson 170 «Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and stone-stealing penguins» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, cl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and… Ascertain the reason for which Adélie penguins construct their nests from stones. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Adélie penguins · **What happens:** ascertain, construct · **To what, where:** reason, nests, stones This is exam question 4 of lesson 170 «Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and stone-stealing penguins» 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/170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the reason for which Adélie penguins construct their nests from stones. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 Adélie Adélie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 penguins penguin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 construct construct VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 nests nest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **construct** | present | Adélie penguins | penguins's nests | | stones | | for the reason | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent nest=Result from stone=Material | 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} The sharpening of their beaks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:e4:o1:1 # text = The sharpening of their beaks 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sharpening sharpening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The storage of food for the winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:e4:o2:1 # text = The storage of food for the winter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storage storage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **store** | | | food | | | | for the winter | nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl | ### Option 3 {#o3} The concealment of the eggs from leopard seals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:e4:o3:1 # text = The concealment of the eggs from leopard seals 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 concealment concealment 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 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceal** | | | the eggs from leopard seals | | | | | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The elevation of the eggs above melting snow and water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:e4:o4:1 # text = The elevation of the eggs above melting snow and water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 elevation elevation 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 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 above above ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 melting melt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **elevate** | | | the eggs above melting snow and water | | | | | nom elevation «event transitive»: of=patient | **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. 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