--- title: Ascertain the conduct of the ostrich when it seeks concealment. — The savanna: grass, trees and the grea… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the conduct of the ostrich when it seeks concealment. Exam question 4 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/4-the-savanna/e4/) [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/) / [The savanna: grass, trees and the grea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/4-the-savanna/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds Ascertain the conduct of the ostrich when it seeks concealment. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, conduct · **What happens:** ascertain, seek, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, concealment, ostrich This is exam question 4 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» 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/4-the-savanna/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the conduct of the ostrich when it seeks concealment. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seeks seek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 10 concealment concealment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct of the ostrich | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | | 2 | **seek** | present | conduct | concealment | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concealment=Theme | | 3 | **conduct** | | | the ostrich | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 ostrich conceals its head beneath a wing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e4:o1:1 # text = The ostrich conceals its head beneath a wing 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 conceals conceal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceal** | present | the ostrich | ostrich's head | | a wing | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Patient beneath wing=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} The ostrich ascends a tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e4:o2:1 # text = The ostrich ascends a tree 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ascends ascend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascend** | present | the ostrich | a tree | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The ostrich lays its head and neck flat upon the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e4:o3:1 # text = The ostrich lays its head and neck flat upon the ground 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lays lay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | present | the ostrich | ostrich's head and neck | | the ground | | flat *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme upon ground=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The ostrich buries its head beneath the sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e4:o4:1 # text = The ostrich buries its head beneath the sand 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 buries bury VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | present | the ostrich | ostrich's head | | the sand | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme beneath sand=Destination | **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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