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title: Why might the grass beside a vole hole glow for a kestrel but look p… — Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vul… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might the grass beside a vole hole glow for a kestrel but look plain to you? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» 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 wron
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures

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Why might the grass beside a vole hole glow for a kestrel but look plain to you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grass · **What happens:** look

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» 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/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t10:1
# text = Why might the grass beside a vole hole glow for a kestrel but look plain to you?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	vole	vole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	kestrel	kestrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | might | the grass beside a vole hole glow for a kestrel |  |  |  |  | plain *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

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The voles paint their paths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t10:o1:1
# text = The voles paint their paths
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voles	vole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	paint	paint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	paths	path	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present | the voles | voles's paths |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent path=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The grass glows only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t10:o2:1
# text = The grass glows only at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	glows	glow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | the grass |  |  |  | night |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Kestrels have eyes that glow like torches and light up the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t10:o3:1
# text = Kestrels have eyes that glow like torches and light up the grass
1	Kestrels	kestrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	light	light	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Kestrels | eyes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 2 | **glow** | present | eyes |  |  |  |  | like torches | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **light up** | present | Kestrels *not said here* | the grass |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Kestrels are reported to see ultraviolet light that we cannot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t10:o4:1
# text = Kestrels are reported to see ultraviolet light that we cannot
1	Kestrels	kestrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | present · passive |  | Kestrels |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | ultraviolet light |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus |

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