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title: In a cartoon a kangaroo puts on boxing gloves and fights for fun. Wh… — The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, e… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a kangaroo puts on boxing gloves and fights for fun. What is real? Test 2 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; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and d…

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In a cartoon a kangaroo puts on boxing gloves and fights for fun. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kangaroo · **What happens:** put, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a kangaroo puts on boxing gloves and fights for fun.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a kangaroo puts on boxing gloves and fights for fun.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	boxing	boxing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present | a kangaroo |  |  | a cartoon |  | on boxing gloves and fights; for fun | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on glove=Destination |

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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 is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t2:2
# text = What is real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Kangaroos fight only with their teeth, biting each other's necks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t2:o1:1
# text = Kangaroos fight only with their teeth, biting each other's necks
1	Kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	biting	bite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | Kangaroos |  |  |  |  | with Kangaroos's teeth | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with tooth=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **bite** | gerund | Kangaroos *not said here* | each other's necks |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only females fight, by bumping heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t2:o2:1
# text = Only females fight, by bumping heads
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bumping	bump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | females |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bump** | gerund | females *not said here* | heads |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

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

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Males push and kick to win rank, and the kicks can really hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t2:o3:1
# text = Males push and kick to win rank, and the kicks can really hurt
1	Males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	kick	kick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kicks	kick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | Males |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kick** | present | Males *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **win** | to-infinitive | Males *not said here* | rank |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Eventuality |
| 4 | **hurt** | can | the kicks |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kangaroos never fight at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes:t2:o4:1
# text = Kangaroos never fight at all
1	Kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fight** | present | Kangaroos |  |  | all |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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