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title: «Rudolph's nose literally glows, it's science» What is true? — The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy ow… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Rudolph's nose literally glows, it's science» What is true? Test 1 of lesson 106 «The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and reindeer» 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and rei…

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«Rudolph's nose literally glows, it's science» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nose, science · **What happens:** glow, be · **To what, where:** science

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This is test 1 of lesson 106 «The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and reindeer» 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/106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t1:1
# text = «Rudolph's nose literally glows, it's science» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Rudolph	Rudolph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	glows	glow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** *in a quote* | present | Rudolph's nose |  |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | nose | science |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | science |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, reindeer have no noses at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t1:o1:1
# text = No, reindeer have no noses at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | reindeer | no noses |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only on Christmas Eve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only on Christmas Eve
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, reindeer noses really do glow bright red in the dark, just like a lamp

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, reindeer noses really do glow bright red in the dark, just like a lamp
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	glow	glow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present · do-support | reindeer noses |  |  | the dark |  | like a lamp; red *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real reindeer noses are full of warm blood vessels, but they do not glow

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t1:o4:1
# text = Real reindeer noses are full of warm blood vessels, but they do not glow
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	glow	glow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real reindeer noses |  |  |  |  | of warm blood vessels; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **glow** | present · do-support | noses *= nose* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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