--- title: What would happen to a hummingbird that missed its meals for a whole… — The aviary: the walk-through tropical… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a hummingbird that missed its meals for a whole day? Test 6 of lesson 93 «The aviary: the walk-through tropical house» 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/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/t6/) [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 aviary: the walk-through tropical…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/) / t6 # Test 6 · The aviary: the walk-through tropical house What would happen to a hummingbird that missed its meals for a whole day? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hummingbird · **What happens:** happen, miss · **To what, where:** meals This is test 6 of lesson 93 «The aviary: the walk-through tropical house» 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/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t6:1 # text = What would happen to a hummingbird that missed its meals for a whole day? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hummingbird hummingbird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a hummingbird | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **miss** | past | a hummingbird | hummingbird's meals | | | day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus | 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} Nothing, as hummingbirds can go for weeks without any food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t6:o1:1 # text = Nothing, as hummingbirds can go for weeks without any food 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 hummingbirds hummingbird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 without without ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | can | hummingbirds | | | | week | without any food | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It could run out of energy, because hovering burns so much ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t6:o2:1 # text = It could run out of energy, because hovering burns so much 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 hovering hover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 nsubj _ _ 10 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 much much ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | could | It | | | energy | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out energy=Trajectory | | 2 | **hover** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **burn** | present | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would start eating seeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t6:o3:1 # text = It would start eating seeds 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | It | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | | seeds | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would grow bigger ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t6:o4:1 # text = It would grow bigger 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | It | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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