--- title: What would happen if a duck's oil gland stopped working? — Ducks, geese and farm myths · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a duck's oil gland stopped working? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/t8/) [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/) / [Ducks, geese and farm myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Ducks, geese and farm myths What would happen if a duck's oil gland stopped working? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oil gland · **What happens:** happen, work This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t8:1 # text = What would happen if a duck's oil gland stopped working? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 gland gland NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **work** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a duck's oil gland | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} It would turn into a goose ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t8:o1:1 # text = It would turn into a goose 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | | | into a goose *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into goose=Result | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Its feathers would soak up water and it could get cold and heavy ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t8:o2:1 # text = Its feathers would soak up water and it could get cold and heavy 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 soak soak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **soak up** | would | Its feathers | water | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source | | 2 | **get** | could | water | | | | | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Nothing at all would happen, because ducks do not need oil to stay dry and warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t8:o3:1 # text = Nothing at all would happen, because ducks do not need oil to stay dry and warm 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | ducks | oil | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | oil *not said here* | | | | | dry *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would swim faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t8:o4:1 # text = It would swim faster 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | would | It | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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