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title: Ascertain the maximum rotation of the head of which an owl is capable. — Wild animals and tall tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the maximum rotation of the head of which an owl is capable. Exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Wild animals and tall tales

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Ascertain the maximum rotation of the head of which an owl is capable.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, owl, head · **What happens:** ascertain, be, rotate · **To what, where:** maximum rotation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» 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/8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the maximum rotation of the head of which an owl is capable.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	maximum	maximum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rotation	rotation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the maximum rotation of the head |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rotation=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | a owl |  |  |  |  | of the head; capable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **rotate** |  | the head |  |  |  |  |  | nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Approximately ninety degrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:e4:o1:1
# text = Approximately ninety degrees
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A complete rotation of three hundred and sixty degrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:e4:o2:1
# text = A complete rotation of three hundred and sixty degrees
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rotation	rotation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
9	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rotate** |  | hundred degrees |  |  |  |  |  | nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two complete rotations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:e4:o3:1
# text = Two complete rotations
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rotations	rotation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Approximately two hundred and seventy degrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:e4:o4:1
# text = Approximately two hundred and seventy degrees
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
6	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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