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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the flight of the owl? Exam question 2 of lesson 94 «Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show» 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
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# Exam question 2 · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the flight of the owl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** flight

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 94 «Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show» 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/94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the flight of the owl?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the flight of the owl |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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It is possible only in daylight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:e2:o1:1
# text = It is possible only in daylight
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | daylight |  | possible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It is accompanied by a loud whistling produced by the stiff wing feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:e2:o2:1
# text = It is accompanied by a loud whistling produced by the stiff wing feathers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	whistling	whistling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | by a loud whistling | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme by whistling=Destination |
| 2 | **produce** | participle |  | a loud whistling *not said here* |  |  |  | by the stiff wing feathers | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is nearly silent, owing to the soft fringed edges of its feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:e2:o3:1
# text = It is nearly silent, owing to the soft fringed edges of its feathers
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	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	fringed	fringed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | nearly, silent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the soft fringed edges of its feathers *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to edge=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is conducted solely at great altitude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:e2:o4:1
# text = It is conducted solely at great altitude
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	altitude	altitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | present · passive |  | It |  | great altitude |  | solely *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at altitude=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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