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title: Identify the parent which incubates the egg of the emperor penguin d… — Birds of every kind: penguins, ostrich… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the parent which incubates the egg of the emperor penguin during the Antarctic winter. Exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, hummingbirds, songbirds, crows» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, humming…

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Identify the parent which incubates the egg of the emperor penguin during the Antarctic winter.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, parent · **What happens:** identify, incubate · **To what, where:** parent, egg

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, hummingbirds, songbirds, crows» 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/35-birds-of-every-kind/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:e1:1
# text = Identify the parent which incubates the egg of the emperor penguin during the Antarctic winter.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	incubates	incubate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	penguin	penguin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the parent |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |
| 2 | **incubate** | present | the parent | the egg of the emperor penguin |  |  | winter |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Both parents alternately each hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:e1:o1:1
# text = Both parents alternately each hour
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	alternately	alternately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The female, in a nest of stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:e1:o2:1
# text = The female, in a nest of stones
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Neither parent, the egg being buried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:e1:o3:1
# text = Neither parent, the egg being buried
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | gerund · passive |  | neither parent and the egg *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The male, upon his feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:35-birds-of-every-kind:e1:o4:1
# text = The male, upon his feet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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