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title: An emperor penguin huddle is filmed from above for an hour. What wou… — Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, cl… · tree and pragmatics
description: An emperor penguin huddle is filmed from above for an hour. What would you see? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 and 
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and…

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An emperor penguin huddle is filmed from above for an hour. What would you see?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** film, see · **To what, where:** penguin huddle

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and stone-stealing penguins» 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/170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An emperor penguin huddle is filmed from above for an hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t9:1
# text = An emperor penguin huddle is filmed from above for an hour.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	penguin	penguin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	huddle	huddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	above	above	ADV	RB	_	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | present · passive |  | a penguin huddle |  |  | hour |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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 would you see?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t9:2
# text = What would you see?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Birds slowly shuffling, so the edge ones move in and the middle ones move out

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t9:o1:1
# text = Birds slowly shuffling, so the edge ones move in and the middle ones move out
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	shuffling	shuffle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shuffle** | gerund | Birds |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **move in** | present | the edge ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **move out** | present | the middle ones |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The birds flying away in turns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t9:o2:1
# text = The birds flying away in turns
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly away** | gerund | the birds *not said here* |  |  | turns |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in turn=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every bird standing still in the same place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t9:o3:1
# text = Every bird standing still in the same place
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | every bird *not said here* |  |  | the same place | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The birds sleeping under the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t9:o4:1
# text = The birds sleeping under the snow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund | the birds *not said here* |  |  | the snow |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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