--- title: Why is the osprey's fish turned head forward in its feet? — Birds of prey and owls · tree and pragmatics description: Why is the osprey's fish turned head forward in its feet? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» 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/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/t12/) [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 of prey and owls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Birds of prey and owls Why is the osprey's fish turned head forward in its feet? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** be, turn · **To what, where:** head This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» 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/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t12:1 # text = Why is the osprey's fish turned head forward in its feet? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 osprey osprey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 forward forward ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | past | the osprey's fish | head | | | | in fish's feet; forward *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Patient in foot=Topic | 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} So the fish does not bite the osprey ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t12:o1:1 # text = So the fish does not bite the osprey 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 osprey osprey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bite** | present · do-support | the fish | the osprey | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent osprey=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} So it slips through the air like a torpedo ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t12:o2:1 # text = So it slips through the air like a torpedo 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 slips slip VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 torpedo torpedo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip** | present | it | | | the air | | like a torpedo | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} So the fish can see where they are both going on the way to the nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t12:o3:1 # text = So the fish can see where they are both going on the way to the nest 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 both both ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | the fish | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | present · progressive | they | | | the way | | to the nest; both *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to nest=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} So the fish can breathe ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t12:o4:1 # text = So the fish can breathe 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breathe** | can | the fish | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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