--- title: «why would a stork pee on its own legs, gross» What is the reason? — White storks: Ukraine's favourite bird… · tree and pragmatics description: «why would a stork pee on its own legs, gross» What is the reason? Test 9 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; Mova's choice was --- [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/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/) / [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · White storks: Ukraine's favourite birds and their journey… «why would a stork pee on its own legs, gross» What is the reason? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gross · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** reason This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t9:1 # text = «why would a stork pee on its own legs, gross» What is the reason? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 pee pee NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 gross gross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | gross | the reason | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It does it by accident ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t9:o1:1 # text = It does it by accident 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | It | it | | | | by accident | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is washing its feathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t9:o2:1 # text = It is washing its feathers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | present · progressive | It | its feathers | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is marking the nest so other storks keep away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t9:o3:1 # text = It is marking the nest so other storks keep away 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 marking mark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 storks stork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | present · progressive | It | the nest | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent nest=Destination | | 2 | **keep away** | present | other storks | | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The drying liquid cools its blood on hot days ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:t9:o4:1 # text = The drying liquid cools its blood on hot days 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 drying drying NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cools cool VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cool** | present | the drying liquid | liquid's blood | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | **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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