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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Rivers, lakes and ponds

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«dragonfly larva got my tadpole, bloody vicious, kill it» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragonfly larva · **What happens:** get, kill, be · **To what, where:** tadpole, best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Rivers, lakes and ponds» 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/10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t10:1
# text = «dragonfly larva got my tadpole, bloody vicious, kill it» Which is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dragonfly	dragonfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	larva	larva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	vicious	vicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	kill	kill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | dragonfly larva | my tadpole |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tadpole=Stimulus |
| 2 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | tadpole |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the best 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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It is a pest that should be wiped out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t10:o1:1
# text = It is a pest that should be wiped out
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pest	pest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	wiped	wipe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a pest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wipe out** | should · passive |  | a pest |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It only eats when it is ill or very hungry after a long, cold winter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t10:o2:1
# text = It only eats when it is ill or very hungry after a long, cold winter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | It |  |  |  | winter |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is a normal pond hunter, part of the pond's food chain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t10:o3:1
# text = It is a normal pond hunter, part of the pond's food chain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a normal pond hunter and part of the pond's food chain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It is a baby fish gone wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t10:o4:1
# text = It is a baby fish gone wrong
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a baby fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | participle |  | a baby fish *not said here* |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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