--- title: In an experiment a weak radio noise is switched on near robins. What… — Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turt… · tree and pragmatics description: In an experiment a weak radio noise is switched on near robins. What happens? 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What happens? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** switch on, happen · **To what, where:** weak radio noise, experiment This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» 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/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In an experiment a weak radio noise is switched on near robins. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t2:1 # text = In an experiment a weak radio noise is switched on near robins. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 experiment experiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 switched switch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 on on ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 near near ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 robins robin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch on** | present · passive | | a weak radio noise | | a experiment | | near robins | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t2:2 # text = What happens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, birds cannot sense anything like that ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t2:o1:1 # text = Nothing, birds cannot sense anything like that 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 sense sense VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sense** | can | Nothing birds | anything | | | | like that | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They lose their compass direction ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t2:o2:1 # text = They lose their compass direction 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | They | their compass direction | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} They fly straight to Africa at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t2:o3:1 # text = They fly straight to Africa at once 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | present | They | | Africa | | | straight *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They sing much louder than they usually do ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t2:o4:1 # text = They sing much louder than they usually do 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 ccomp _ _ 5 than than SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 usually usually ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | They | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present | they | | | | | usually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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