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description: «sod it, mate says a city's not a real habitat, only wild places count» What is right? Test 7 of lesson 1 «What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 7 · What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in

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«sod it, mate says a city's not a real habitat, only wild places count» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sod mate, city, wild places · **What happens:** say, not be, count, be · **To what, where:** real habitat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 1 «What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in» of the biology 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/biology/1-what-a-habitat-is/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t7:1
# text = «sod it, mate says a city's not a real habitat, only wild places count» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sod	sod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	habitat	habitat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | sod mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | a city | a real habitat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **count** *in a quote* | present | wild places |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's right, animals only live in wild places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t7:o1:1
# text = He's right, animals only live in wild places
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | right animals |  |  | wild places |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A city is a habitat too: foxes, pigeons and mice find food and shelter there

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t7:o2:1
# text = A city is a habitat too: foxes, pigeons and mice find food and shelter there
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	habitat	habitat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a city | a habitat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present | foxes and pigeons and mice | food and shelter |  | there |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A city counts only for insects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t7:o3:1
# text = A city counts only for insects
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | a city | insects |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's right, city animals are all pets that escaped from their homes long ago

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t7:o4:1
# text = He's right, city animals are all pets that escaped from their homes long ago
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | city animals | pets |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **escape** | past | pets |  |  | animals's homes |  | ago *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from home=Initial\_Location |

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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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