--- title: What would happen to a hen's eggshells if she got too little calcium… — Where eggs come from: hens, shell colo… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a hen's eggshells if she got too little calcium in her food? Test 9 of lesson 342 «Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what is inside» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside/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/) / [Where eggs come from: hens, shell colo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside/) / t9 # Test 9 · Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what… What would happen to a hen's eggshells if she got too little calcium in her food? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** happen, get · **To what, where:** little calcium, food This is test 9 of lesson 342 «Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what is inside» 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/342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t9:1 # text = What would happen to a hen's eggshells if she got too little calcium in her food? 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 _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 eggshells eggshell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 calcium calcium NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a hen's eggshells | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | she | little calcium | | her food | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer calcium=Stimulus | 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} They would have no yolks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t9:o1:1 # text = They would have no yolks 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 yolks yolk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | They | no yolks | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yolk=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They would be thin and weak or even soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t9:o2:1 # text = They would be thin and weak or even soft 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | They | | | | | thin *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | They *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | They *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would get thicker and much harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t9:o3:1 # text = They would get thicker and much harder 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | They | | | | | thick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They would slowly turn a pale blue colour ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t9:o4:1 # text = They would slowly turn a pale blue colour 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | They | a pale blue colour | | | | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent colour=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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