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title: «we forgot loads of acorns lol, squirrels must be well thick» What i… — What a habitat is: home, food, shelter… · tree and pragmatics
description: «we forgot loads of acorns lol, squirrels must be well thick» What is the clever answer? Test 8 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 choic
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# Test 8 · What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in

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«we forgot loads of acorns lol, squirrels must be well thick» What is the clever answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, squirrels · **What happens:** forget, be · **To what, where:** loads, clever answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t8:1
# text = «we forgot loads of acorns lol, squirrels must be well thick» What is the clever answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	acorns	acorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | we | loads of acorns |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must | squirrels |  |  |  |  | thick, well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the clever answer |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Squirrels bury acorns only to grow trees on purpose, like careful gardeners do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t8:o1:1
# text = Squirrels bury acorns only to grow trees on purpose, like careful gardeners do
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bury	bury	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	acorns	acorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | present | Squirrels | acorns |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Squirrels *not said here* | trees |  | purpose |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | present | careful gardeners |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Squirrels never forget a single nut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t8:o2:1
# text = Squirrels never forget a single nut
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **forget** | present | Squirrels | a single nut |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Forgotten acorns grow into new oaks, so squirrels help plant their own woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t8:o3:1
# text = Forgotten acorns grow into new oaks, so squirrels help plant their own woods
1	Forgotten	forgotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acorns	acorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	oaks	oak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	plant	plant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Forgotten acorns |  |  |  |  | into new oaks *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into oak=Result |
| 2 | **help** | present | squirrels |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **plant** | infinitive | squirrels *not said here* | squirrels's own woods |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Forgotten acorns are always eaten by worms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:1-what-a-habitat-is:t8:o4:1
# text = Forgotten acorns are always eaten by worms
1	Forgotten	forgotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acorns	acorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive | worms | Forgotten acorns |  |  |  | always *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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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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