--- title: What would happen if a hungry bird pecked the eyespot near the tip o… — Defences: tricks and myths: playing de… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a hungry bird pecked the eyespot near the tip of a butterfly's wing? Test 10 of lesson 249 «Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails, ink, and do ostriches bury their heads?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t10/) [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/) / [Defences: tricks and myths: playing de…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/) / t10 # Test 10 · Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails,… What would happen if a hungry bird pecked the eyespot near the tip of a butterfly's wing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hungry bird · **What happens:** happen, peck · **To what, where:** eyespot, tip This is test 10 of lesson 249 «Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails, ink, and do ostriches bury their heads?» 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/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches:t10:1 # text = What would happen if a hungry bird pecked the eyespot near the tip of a butterfly's wing? 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 _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 pecked peck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eyespot eyespot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? 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 | **peck** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a hungry bird | the eyespot | | the tip of a butterfly's wing | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eyespot=Patient near tip=Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The wing would tear, but the butterfly could escape alive ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches:t10:o1:1 # text = The wing would tear, but the butterfly could escape alive 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear** | would | the wing | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **escape** | could | the butterfly | | | | | alive *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The bird would be blinded ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches:t10:o2:1 # text = The bird would be blinded 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 blinded blind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blind** | would · passive | | the bird | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The eyespot would bite back ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches:t10:o3:1 # text = The eyespot would bite back 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eyespot eyespot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite back** | would | the eyespot | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The butterfly would die at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches:t10:o4:1 # text = The butterfly would die at once 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | would | the butterfly | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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