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title: A «pizzly» bear was seen in Canada. What is it? — The polar zone: polar bears · tree and pragmatics
description: A «pizzly» bear was seen in Canada. What is it? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears

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A «pizzly» bear was seen in Canada. What is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bear · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** pizzly bear, Canada

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A «pizzly» bear was seen in Canada.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t8:1
# text = A «pizzly» bear was seen in Canada.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	pizzly	pizzly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · passive |  | a pizzly bear |  | Canada |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

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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 it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t8:2
# text = What is it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A polar bear with green algae in its fur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t8:o1:1
# text = A polar bear with green algae in its fur
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	algae	alga	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A new kind of panda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t8:o2:1
# text = A new kind of panda
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	panda	panda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A pizza-eating zoo bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t8:o3:1
# text = A pizza-eating zoo bear
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A cub of a polar bear and a grizzly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t8:o4:1
# text = A cub of a polar bear and a grizzly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
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	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grizzly	grizzly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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