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title: «the white rhino's not even white, someone's having us on» Why the n… — The African savanna area: giraffes, ze… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the white rhino's not even white, someone's having us on» Why the name? Test 7 of lesson 101 «The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and antelopes» 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 w
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# Test 7 · The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and ant…

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«the white rhino's not even white, someone's having us on» Why the name?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** white rhino · **What happens:** not be, have on · **To what, where:** us

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This is test 7 of lesson 101 «The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and antelopes» 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/101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t7:1
# text = «the white rhino's not even white, someone's having us on» Why the name?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rhino	rhino	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	parataxis	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the white rhino |  |  |  |  | white *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have on** *in a quote* | gerund |  | us |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient |

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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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Babies are born white and go grey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t7:o1:1
# text = Babies are born white and go grey
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | Babies |  |  |  | white *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | grey *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It turns white in the winter like an Arctic fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t7:o2:1
# text = It turns white in the winter like an Arctic fox
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  |  | winter | like a Arctic fox; white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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

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It may come from a word meaning «wide», for its mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t7:o3:1
# text = It may come from a word meaning «wide», for its mouth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | may | It |  |  | a word |  | for word's mouth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from word=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | a word *not said here* | wide |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wide=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It rolls in white mud every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos:t7:o4:1
# text = It rolls in white mud every day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | present | It |  |  | white mud | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Trajectory |

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