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title: In a cartoon an ostrich panics and sticks its head in the sand. What… — Ducks, geese and farm myths · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon an ostrich panics and sticks its head in the sand. What does a real ostrich do in danger? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Ducks, geese and farm myths

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In a cartoon an ostrich panics and sticks its head in the sand. What does a real ostrich do in danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ostrich · **What happens:** panic, stick, do · **To what, where:** cartoon, head, sand, real ostrich

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» 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/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon an ostrich panics and sticks its head in the sand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon an ostrich panics and sticks its head in the sand.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	panics	panic	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **panic** | present | a ostrich |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stick** | present | a ostrich *not said here* | ostrich's head |  | the sand |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in sand=Destination |

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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 does a real ostrich do in danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t5:2
# text = What does a real ostrich do in danger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Climbs into its nest and hides its head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t5:o1:1
# text = Climbs into its nest and hides its head
1	Climbs	climb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Climbs into its nest | nest's head |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Runs at up to seventy kilometres an hour or kicks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t5:o2:1
# text = Runs at up to seventy kilometres an hour or kicks
1	Runs	run	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	kicks	kick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | present | Runs at seventy kilometres  a hour |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lies on its back and plays dead forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t5:o3:1
# text = Lies on its back and plays dead forever
1	Lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | Lies on its back |  |  |  |  | dead, forever *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Buries its head deep in the sand until all the danger has passed by

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t5:o4:1
# text = Buries its head deep in the sand until all the danger has passed by
1	Buries	bury	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | present |  | its head |  | the sand |  | deep *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in sand=Destination |
| 2 | **pass by** | present · perfect · passive |  | all danger |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

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