--- title: A girl sees ducks who cannot fly in July and thinks they are hurt. W… — The park pond through the year: ducks,… · tree and pragmatics description: A girl sees ducks who cannot fly in July and thinks they are hurt. What is true? Test 7 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/t7/) [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/) / [The park pond through the year: ducks,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/) / t7 # Test 7 · The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, drago… A girl sees ducks who cannot fly in July and thinks they are hurt. What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, ducks · **What happens:** see, not fly, think, hurt, be · **To what, where:** ducks · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» 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/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl sees ducks who cannot fly in July and thinks they are hurt. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t7:1 # text = A girl sees ducks who cannot fly in July and thinks they are hurt. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | a girl | ducks | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **fly** | can | ducks | | | | july | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | a girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **hurt** | present · passive | | ducks *= duck* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t7:2 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They are hurt, and every one of them needs to be taken to a vet ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t7:o1:1 # text = They are hurt, and every one of them needs to be taken to a vet 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 vet vet NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **need** | present | every one of them | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | every one of them *not said here* | | | | | to a vet *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: to vet=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} They have forgotten how to fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t7:o2:1 # text = They have forgotten how to fly 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present · perfect | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are waiting for winter to fly away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t7:o3:1 # text = They are waiting for winter to fly away 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | present · progressive | They | | | | winter | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fly away** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ducks moult all their flight feathers at once and regrow them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t7:o4:1 # text = Ducks moult all their flight feathers at once and regrow them 1 Ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moult moult VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 regrow regrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **moult** | present | Ducks | Ducks's flight feathers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **regrow** | infinitive | Ducks *not said here* | feathers *= feather* | | | | | tree rules | **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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