--- title: Why would a poisonous animal want to be easy to see instead of hiding? — How animals defend themselves · tree and pragmatics description: Why would a poisonous animal want to be easy to see instead of hiding? Test 4 of lesson 53 «How animals defend themselves» 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/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/t4/) [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/) / [How animals defend themselves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/) / t4 # Test 4 · How animals defend themselves Why would a poisonous animal want to be easy to see instead of hiding? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poisonous animal · **What happens:** want, be, see, hide This is test 4 of lesson 53 «How animals defend themselves» 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/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t4:1 # text = Why would a poisonous animal want to be easy to see instead of hiding? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 14 mark _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | would | a poisonous animal | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a poisonous animal *not said here* | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | a poisonous animal *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **hide** | gerund | a poisonous animal *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Predators learn its colours and leave it alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t4:o1:1 # text = Predators learn its colours and leave it alone 1 Predators predator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 alone alone ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | Predators | its colours | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | present | Predators *not said here* | it | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Bright colours keep it warm in the shade ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t4:o2:1 # text = Bright colours keep it warm in the shade 1 Bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Bright colours | it | | the shade | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in shade=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It is too slow to hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t4:o3:1 # text = It is too slow to hide 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It wants to make friends with other animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t4:o4:1 # text = It wants to make friends with other animals 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | friends | | | | with other animals | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product | **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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