--- title: Scientists' fingers went numb after handling a bird in New Guinea. W… — Defences: poison, warning colours and… · tree and pragmatics description: Scientists' fingers went numb after handling a bird in New Guinea. What had they found? 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What had they found? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fingers · **What happens:** go, handle, find · **To what, where:** bird, New Guinea This is test 10 of lesson 247 «Defences: poison, warning colours and mimics» 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/247-defences-poison-warning-colours-and-mimics/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Scientists' fingers went numb after handling a bird in New Guinea. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:247-defences-poison-warning-colours-and-mimics:t10:1 # text = Scientists' fingers went numb after handling a bird in New Guinea. 1 Scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 numb numb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 after after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 handling handle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Guinea Guinea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Scientists's fingers | | | | | numb *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **handle** | gerund | Scientists's fingers *not said here* | a bird | | New Guinea | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | 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 had they found? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:247-defences-poison-warning-colours-and-mimics:t10:2 # text = What had they found? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past · perfect | fingers *= finger* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A bird coated all over in sticky glue from trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:247-defences-poison-warning-colours-and-mimics:t10:o1:1 # text = A bird coated all over in sticky glue from trees 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 coated coat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 sticky sticky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 glue glue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **coat** | participle | | a bird *not said here* | | | | in sticky glue from trees; over *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in glue=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A poisonous bird, the hooded pitohui ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:247-defences-poison-warning-colours-and-mimics:t10:o2:1 # text = A poisonous bird, the hooded pitohui 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hooded hooded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 pitohui pitohui NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A bird covered in ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:247-defences-poison-warning-colours-and-mimics:t10:o3:1 # text = A bird covered in ice 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | participle | | a bird *not said here* | | | | in ice | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ice=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} A bird with electric feathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:247-defences-poison-warning-colours-and-mimics:t10:o4:1 # text = A bird with electric feathers 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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