--- title: Identify the principal reason for which certain birds descend upon p… — Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: anim… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which certain birds descend upon pedestrians during the spring months. Exam question 1 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/e1/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: anim…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you… Identify the principal reason for which certain birds descend upon pedestrians during the spring months. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, certain birds · **What happens:** identify, descend · **To what, where:** principal reason This is exam question 1 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» of the everyday 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/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which certain birds descend upon pedestrians during the spring months. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 7 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 descend descend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 pedestrians pedestrian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 during during ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **descend** | present | certain birds | | | | month | for the principal reason; upon pedestrians | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} A seasonal hostility towards all humans ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e1:o1:1 # text = A seasonal hostility towards all humans 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 seasonal seasonal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hostility hostility NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 humans human NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} An attempt to obtain food from the pedestrian ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e1:o2:1 # text = An attempt to obtain food from the pedestrian 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pedestrian pedestrian NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | | food | | the pedestrian | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from pedestrian=Source | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The defence of nests containing their young ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e1:o3:1 # text = The defence of nests containing their young 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 nests nest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 containing contain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | gerund | the defence of nests *not said here* | nests's young | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot young=Theme | | 2 | **defend** | | | nests | | | | | nom defence «process transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A preference for the hair of children ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e1:o4:1 # text = A preference for the hair of children 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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