--- title: Why would a bird in the wild hide that it is ill? — The aviary: the walk-through tropical… · tree and pragmatics description: Why would a bird in the wild hide that it is ill? Test 9 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/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/) / [The aviary: the walk-through tropical…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/) / t9 # Test 9 · The aviary: the walk-through tropical house Why would a bird in the wild hide that it is ill? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** be This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t9:1 # text = Why would a bird in the wild hide that it is ill? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 that that ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | a bird in the wild hide that hide | | | | | ill *property* | 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 {#o1} Ill birds are always very colourful ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t9:o1:1 # text = Ill birds are always very colourful 1 Ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 colourful colourful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ill birds | | | | | always, colourful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It does not want the keeper or its flock to worry about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t9:o2:1 # text = It does not want the keeper or its flock to worry about it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 worry worry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | It | the keeper or its flock | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **worry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the keeper or its flock *not said here* | | | | | about flock | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Other birds would steal its nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t9:o3:1 # text = Other birds would steal its nest 1 Other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | would | Other birds | its nest | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nest=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Weak-looking birds are more likely to be caught ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t9:o4:1 # text = Weak-looking birds are more likely to be caught 1 Weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | looking birds | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive · passive | looking birds *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | **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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