--- title: Why could the kiwi live on the ground at night in New Zealand? — The nocturnal house: night animals by… · tree and pragmatics description: Why could the kiwi live on the ground at night in New Zealand? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» 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/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/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 nocturnal house: night animals by…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · The nocturnal house: night animals by red light Why could the kiwi live on the ground at night in New Zealand? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kiwi · **What happens:** live · **To what, where:** ground This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» 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/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t9:1 # text = Why could the kiwi live on the ground at night in New Zealand? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kiwi kiwi NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 13 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | the kiwi | | | the ground | night | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Location | 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 is poisonous to every hunter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t9:o1:1 # text = It is poisonous to every hunter 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 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | to every hunter; poisonous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It runs far too fast for any hunter to catch it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t9:o2:1 # text = It runs far too fast for any hunter to catch it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | It | | | | | for any hunter; fast *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for hunter=Beneficiary | | 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | | hunter | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} There were no ground mammals there to hunt it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t9:o3:1 # text = There were no ground mammals there to hunt it 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 4 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | no ground mammals | | | there; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | no ground mammals *not said here* | it | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It could always fly away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t9:o4:1 # text = It could always fly away 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | could | It | | | | | always, away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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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