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title: «look, a baby kangaroo» says your brother about a small adult. What… — The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, e… · tree and pragmatics
description: «look, a baby kangaroo» says your brother about a small adult. What could it really be? Test 10 of lesson 103 «The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and dingoes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 10 · The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and d…

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«look, a baby kangaroo» says your brother about a small adult. What could it really be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, kangaroo · **What happens:** look, say, be · **To what, where:** baby kangaroo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 103 «The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and dingoes» 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/103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «look, a baby kangaroo» says your brother about a small adult.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t10:1
# text = «look, a baby kangaroo» says your brother about a small adult.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a baby kangaroo |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kangaroo=Attribute |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | your brother about a small adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What could it really be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t10:2
# text = What could it really be?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **can** | could | kangaroo |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A wallaby, a smaller kangaroo relative

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t10:o1:1
# text = A wallaby, a smaller kangaroo relative
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wallaby	wallaby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A dingo puppy that has learned to hop about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t10:o2:1
# text = A dingo puppy that has learned to hop about
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dingo	dingo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hop	hop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · perfect | a dingo puppy |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hop about** | to-infinitive | a dingo puppy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wombat standing up on its back legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t10:o3:1
# text = A wombat standing up on its back legs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wombat	wombat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | gerund | a wombat *not said here* |  |  | wombat's back legs |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A young emu with its feathers fluffed up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t10:o4:1
# text = A young emu with its feathers fluffed up
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	emu	emu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	fluffed	fluff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fluff up** | participle |  | emu's feathers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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