--- title: What would happen to a hummingbird nest if it were glued with hard m… — More builders: caddis cases, paper was… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a hummingbird nest if it were glued with hard mud instead of spider silk? Test 5 of lesson 245 «More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' beds and sand circles» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles/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/) / [More builders: caddis cases, paper was…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles/) / t5 # Test 5 · More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' bed… What would happen to a hummingbird nest if it were glued with hard mud instead of spider silk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, glue · **To what, where:** nest This is test 5 of lesson 245 «More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' beds and sand circles» 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/245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t5:1 # text = What would happen to a hummingbird nest if it were glued with hard mud instead of spider silk? 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 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hummingbird hummingbird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 glued glue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a hummingbird nest | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **glue** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | nest | | | | with hard mud; instead spider silk | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with mud=Instrument | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The eggs would hatch faster than usual ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t5:o1:1 # text = The eggs would hatch faster than usual 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hatch hatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hatch** | would | the eggs | | | | | than usual; fast *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would float away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t5:o2:1 # text = It would float away 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 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float away** | would | It | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It could not stretch as the chicks grew ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t5:o3:1 # text = It could not stretch as the chicks grew 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 stretch stretch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stretch** | could | It | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **grow** | past | the chicks | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing would change at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t5:o4:1 # text = Nothing would change at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «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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