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title: Why would a bird that eats seeds be more likely to stay for winter t… — Migration and hibernation · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would a bird that eats seeds be more likely to stay for winter than one that eats flying insects? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 28 «Migration and hibernation» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Migration and hibernation

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Why would a bird that eats seeds be more likely to stay for winter than one that eats flying insects?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** eat, be, stay, fly · **To what, where:** seeds, flying insects

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 28 «Migration and hibernation» of the world 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/world/28-migration-and-hibernation/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t5:1
# text = Why would a bird that eats seeds be more likely to stay for winter than one that eats flying insects?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	amod	_	_
20	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a bird | seeds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | a bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stay** | to-infinitive | a bird *not said here* |  |  |  | winter | than one | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **eat** | present |  | flying insects |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient |
| 5 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Seeds can still be found in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t5:o1:1
# text = Seeds can still be found in winter
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | can · passive |  | Seeds |  |  | still; winter |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Insect-eaters like warm sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t5:o2:1
# text = Insect-eaters like warm sand
1	Insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seeds keep birds warm inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t5:o3:1
# text = Seeds keep birds warm inside
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Seeds | birds |  |  |  | inside, warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Seed-eaters cannot fly very far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t5:o4:1
# text = Seed-eaters cannot fly very far
1	Seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fly** | can | Seed eaters |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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