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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the response of most birds to the handling of their young by humans? Exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · Birds and baby animals

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the response of most birds to the handling of their young by humans?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, handle · **To what, where:** response, young

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths 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/myths/10-birds-and-baby-animals/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the response of most birds to the handling of their young by humans?
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	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	handling	handling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	young	young	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	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 response of most birds |  |  |  | of the following statements; to the handling of birds's young by humans; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **handle** |  |  | birds's young by humans |  |  |  |  | nom handling «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They do not abandon the young, their sense of smell being poor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e1:o1:1
# text = They do not abandon the young, their sense of smell being poor
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	young	young	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **abandon** | present · do-support | They | the young |  |  |  | young's sense *obl* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme young=Source |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of smell; poor *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sense** |  | young |  |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They invariably abandon any young that has been handled by a human

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e1:o2:1
# text = They invariably abandon any young that has been handled by a human
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	abandon	abandon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	human	human	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | present | They | any young |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme young=Source |
| 2 | **handle** | present · perfect · passive | a human | any young |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They detect the human scent at great distances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e1:o3:1
# text = They detect the human scent at great distances
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	detect	detect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	distances	distance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detect** | present | They | the human scent |  |  |  | at great distances | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer scent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They abandon the young only if it is handled twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e1:o4:1
# text = They abandon the young only if it is handled twice
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	abandon	abandon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
10	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | present | They | the young |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme young=Source |
| 2 | **handle** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | young |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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