--- title: What would happen to a duck covered in oil from a spill at sea? — Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a duck covered in oil from a spill at sea? Test 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's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/t4/) [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/) / [Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/) / t4 # Test 4 · Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight What would happen to a duck covered in oil from a spill at sea? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, cover · **To what, where:** duck This is test 4 of lesson 33 «Birds: feathers, wings, eggs and flight» 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/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t4:1 # text = What would happen to a duck covered in oil from a spill at sea? 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 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 spill spill NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a duck | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cover** | participle | | a duck *not said here* | | | | from a spill at sea; in oil | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in oil=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Its feathers would let water in and it would get soaked and cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t4:o1:1 # text = Its feathers would let water in and it would get soaked and cold 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 soaked soak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let in** | would | Its feathers | water | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **soak** | would · passive | | water | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would float even better ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t4:o2:1 # text = It would float even better 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | would | It | | | | | good *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing at all, as ducks are already oily, so a bit more does not matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing at all, as ducks are already oily, so a bit more does not matter 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 already already ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 oily oily ADV RB _ 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 15 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 matter matter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | ducks | | | | | oily *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would fly faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight:t4:o4:1 # text = It would fly faster 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | would | It | | | | | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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