--- title: An arctic tern that lives 30 years flies about 70000 km a year. Abou… — Migration: the great journeys · tree and pragmatics description: An arctic tern that lives 30 years flies about 70000 km a year. About how far is that in its life? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Migration: the great journeys» 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 ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/54-migration-the-great-journeys/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/) / [Migration: the great journeys](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/54-migration-the-great-journeys/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Migration: the great journeys An arctic tern that lives 30 years flies about 70000 km a year. About how far is that in its life? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** arctic tern · **What happens:** live, fly, be · **To what, where:** 70000 km, life This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Migration: the great journeys» 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/54-migration-the-great-journeys/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An arctic tern that lives 30 years flies about 70000 km a year. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t4:1 # text = An arctic tern that lives 30 years flies about 70000 km a year. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 arctic arctic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tern tern NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 70000 70000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | a arctic tern | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | present | a arctic tern | 70000 km | | | year | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location km=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* About how far is that in its life? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t4:2 # text = About how far is that in its life? 1 About about SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | tern's life | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} About 2 million km ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t4:o1:1 # text = About 2 million km 1 About about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 km km NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} About 30000 km ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t4:o2:1 # text = About 30000 km 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 30000 30000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} About 2000 km ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t4:o3:1 # text = About 2000 km 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 2000 2000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} About 70000 km ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:54-migration-the-great-journeys:t4:o4:1 # text = About 70000 km 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 70000 70000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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