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Test 9 · ★★ 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 wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/t9/) [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/) / [Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vul…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures «a falcon diving's faster than it flying flat, why tho» What is the best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** diving, best answer · **What happens:** fly, be This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t9:1 # text = «a falcon diving's faster than it flying flat, why tho» What is the best answer? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 diving diving NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 10 flat flat ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 conj _ _ 13 tho tho DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 conj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** *in a quote* | gerund | diving | | | | | flat *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | the best answer | | | | | | tree rules | 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 air is thinner near the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t9:o1:1 # text = The air is thinner near the ground 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 thinner thin ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the air | | | the ground | | thin *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Falcons are lazy when flying flat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t9:o2:1 # text = Falcons are lazy when flying flat 1 Falcons falcon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 flat flat ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Falcons | | | | | lazy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | Falcons *not said here* | | | | | flat *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Diving uses gravity, with wings folded tight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t9:o3:1 # text = Diving uses gravity, with wings folded tight 1 Diving diving NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 tight tight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | Diving | gravity | | | | with wings | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gravity=Patient | | 2 | **fold** | participle | | wings *not said here* | | | | tight *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Falcons push off clouds with their feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t9:o4:1 # text = Falcons push off clouds with their feet 1 Falcons falcon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 push push VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push off** | present | Falcons | clouds | | | | with Falcons's feet | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme | **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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