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title: A cartoon shows a polar bear chatting with penguins on the ice. What… — The polar zone: polar bears · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a polar bear chatting with penguins on the ice. What is wrong? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» 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 was right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears

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A cartoon shows a polar bear chatting with penguins on the ice. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, polar bear · **What happens:** show, chat, be · **To what, where:** polar bear

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» 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/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a polar bear chatting with penguins on the ice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t2:1
# text = A cartoon shows a polar bear chatting with penguins on the ice.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | a polar bear |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bear=Recipient |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | a polar bear *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with penguins on the ice | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with penguin=Co-Agent |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t2:2
# text = What is wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Polar bears are far too shy to go anywhere near penguins on the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t2:o1:1
# text = Polar bears are far too shy to go anywhere near penguins on the ice
1	Polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Polar bears |  |  |  |  | far, shy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | Polar bears *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  | near penguins; anywhere *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near penguin=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Wild polar bears live in the Arctic and wild penguins in the south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t2:o2:1
# text = Wild polar bears live in the Arctic and wild penguins in the south
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Wild polar bears |  |  | the Arctic and wild penguins |  | in the south | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arctic=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Penguins are too fast for polar bears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t2:o3:1
# text = Penguins are too fast for polar bears
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Penguins |  |  |  |  | for polar bears; fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, they live together in Antarctica

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing, they live together in Antarctica
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | present | they |  |  | Antarctica |  | Nothing *vocative*; together *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in antarctica=Location |

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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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