--- title: What would happen if a bowerbird's bower had no blue things? — Animal builders: termite mounds, weave… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a bowerbird's bower had no blue things? Test 5 of lesson 243 «Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other nest makers» 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/243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers/t5/) [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/) / [Animal builders: termite mounds, weave…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers/) / t5 # Test 5 · Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other ne… What would happen if a bowerbird's bower had no blue things? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bower · **What happens:** happen, have · **To what, where:** blue things This is test 5 of lesson 243 «Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other nest makers» 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/243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t5:1 # text = What would happen if a bowerbird's bower had no blue things? 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 _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bowerbird bowerbird NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 11 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? 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 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a bowerbird's bower | no blue things | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The bower would fall down in the first rain shower ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t5:o1:1 # text = The bower would fall down in the first rain shower 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 9 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | would | the bower | | | the first rain shower | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in shower=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Females would be less likely to choose him ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t5:o2:1 # text = Females would be less likely to choose him 1 Females female NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Females | | | | | less, likely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **choose** | to-infinitive | Females *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He would be unable to fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t5:o3:1 # text = He would be unable to fly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | He | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} His eggs would not hatch in the nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t5:o4:1 # text = His eggs would not hatch in the nest 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hatch hatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hatch** | would | His eggs | | | the nest | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=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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