--- title: Why is a vulture useful even if people think it is ugly? — Parrots, flamingos and the bird of pre… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a vulture useful even if people think it is ugly? Test 11 · ★ 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show/t11/) [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/) / [Parrots, flamingos and the bird of pre…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show Why is a vulture useful even if people think it is ugly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vulture, people · **What happens:** be, think · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 94 «Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show» 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/94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t11:1 # text = Why is a vulture useful even if people think it is ugly? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 vulture vulture NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a vulture | | | | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | people | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | vulture | | | | | ugly *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It eats the rats and beetles that ruin farmers' crops ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t11:o1:1 # text = It eats the rats and beetles that ruin farmers' crops 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ruin ruin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | It | the rats and beetles | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Patient | | 2 | **ruin** | present | the rats and beetles | farmers's crops | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It guards the herds from lions ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t11:o2:1 # text = It guards the herds from lions 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 guards guard VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | present | It | the herds | | | | from lions | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent herd=Beneficiary from lion=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It cleans up dead animals and stops disease spreading ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t11:o3:1 # text = It cleans up dead animals and stops disease spreading 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cleans clean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 spreading spreading NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean up** | present | It | dead animals | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent animal=Patient | | 2 | **stop** | present | | disease spreading | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality spreading=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} It pollinates flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show:t11:o4:1 # text = It pollinates flowers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pollinates pollinate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pollinate** | present | It | flowers | | | | | tree rules | **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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