--- title: Besides an African spear, what other clue could prove where a stork… — White storks: Ukraine's favourite bird… · tree and pragmatics description: Besides an African spear, what other clue could prove where a stork spends winter? Test 11 of lesson 375 «White storks: Ukraine's favourite birds and their journey to Africa» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/t11/) [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/) / [White storks: Ukraine's favourite bird…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/) / t11 # Test 11 · White storks: Ukraine's favourite birds and their journey… Besides an African spear, what other clue could prove where a stork spends winter? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stork · **What happens:** prove, spend This is test 11 of lesson 375 «White storks: Ukraine's favourite birds and their journey to Africa» 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/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t11:1 # text = Besides an African spear, what other clue could prove where a stork spends winter? 1 Besides besides ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 clue clue NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 spends spend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | could | | | | | | besides a African spear | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **spend** | present | a stork | | | | winter | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} The colour of its eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t11:o1:1 # text = The colour of its eggs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A tracker or a ring found on the bird in Africa ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t11:o2:1 # text = A tracker or a ring found on the bird in Africa 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tracker tracker NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | participle | | a tracker or a ring *not said here* | | | | on the bird in Africa | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Its feathers turning darker in the hot African sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t11:o3:1 # text = Its feathers turning darker in the hot African sun 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 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 darker dark ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | Its feathers | | | the hot African sun | | dark *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in sun=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} How loud it clatters ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t11:o4:1 # text = How loud it clatters 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 clatters clatter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clatter** | present | it | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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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