--- title: A coat filled with feathers is very warm. Which feathers are used an… — Birds: feathers, nests and flight · tree and pragmatics description: A coat filled with feathers is very warm. Which feathers are used and why? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 73 «Birds: feathers, nests and flight» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/73-birds-feathers-nests-flight/t3/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Birds: feathers, nests and flight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/73-birds-feathers-nests-flight/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Birds: feathers, nests and flight A coat filled with feathers is very warm. Which feathers are used and why? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** coat · **What happens:** fill, be, use · **To what, where:** coat, feathers This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 73 «Birds: feathers, nests and flight» 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/73-birds-feathers-nests-flight/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A coat filled with feathers is very warm. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:73-birds-feathers-nests-flight:t3:1 # text = A coat filled with feathers is very warm. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | participle | | a coat *not said here* | | | | with feathers | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with feather=Instrument | | 2 | **is** | present | a coat | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which feathers are used and why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:73-birds-feathers-nests-flight:t3:2 # text = Which feathers are used and why? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present · passive | | which feathers | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Tail feathers, because they are long ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:73-birds-feathers-nests-flight:t3:o1:1 # text = Tail feathers, because they are long 1 Tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | feathers *= feather* | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Any feathers, because all feathers are hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:73-birds-feathers-nests-flight:t3:o2:1 # text = Any feathers, because all feathers are hot 1 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | any feathers and all feathers | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Down, because it traps a lot of air ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:73-birds-feathers-nests-flight:t3:o3:1 # text = Down, because it traps a lot of air 1 Down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 traps trap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trap** | present | it | a lot of air | | | | down *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Flight feathers, because they are stiff ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:73-birds-feathers-nests-flight:t3:o4:1 # text = Flight feathers, because they are stiff 1 Flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | feathers *= feather* | Flight feathers *not said here* | | | | stiff *property* | tree rules | **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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