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title: It is given that eggs are produced by hens maintained without a cock… — Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that eggs are produced by hens maintained without a cockerel. Determine the consequence. Exam question 4 of lesson 33 «Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 4 · Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight

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It is given that eggs are produced by hens maintained without a cockerel. Determine the consequence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hens, you · **What happens:** give, produce, maintain, determine · **To what, where:** It, eggs, hens, consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 33 «Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that eggs are produced by hens maintained without a cockerel.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:e4:1
# text = It is given that eggs are produced by hens maintained without a cockerel.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cockerel	cockerel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **produce** | present · passive | hens | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 3 | **maintain** | participle |  | hens *not said here* |  |  |  | without a cockerel | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the consequence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:e4:2
# text = Determine the consequence.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The eggs hatch more rapidly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:e4:o1:1
# text = The eggs hatch more rapidly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hatch	hatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present | the eggs |  |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The eggs are incapable of hatching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:e4:o2:1
# text = The eggs are incapable of hatching
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hatching	hatching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the eggs |  |  |  |  | of hatching; incapable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The eggs yield only male chicks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:e4:o3:1
# text = The eggs yield only male chicks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	yield	yield	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chicks	chick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yield** | present | the eggs | male chicks |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The eggs possess no yolk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:e4:o4:1
# text = The eggs possess no yolk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	yolk	yolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | the eggs | no yolk |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot yolk=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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