---
title: «capybaras are just giant guinea pigs with birds on top lol» What is… — The South American area: sloths, antea… · tree and pragmatics
description: «capybaras are just giant guinea pigs with birds on top lol» What is true? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 108 «The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and giant otters» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/t12/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The South American area: sloths, antea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/) / t12

# Test 12 · ★★★ · The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and g…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«capybaras are just giant guinea pigs with birds on top lol» What is true?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** capybaras, giant guinea pigs · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** giant guinea pigs

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 108 «The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and giant otters» 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/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t12:1
# text = «capybaras are just giant guinea pigs with birds on top lol» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	capybaras	capybara	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | capybaras | giant guinea pigs |  |  |  | with birds on top | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | giant guinea pigs |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
They are a kind of wild pig that lives in rivers and swamps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t12:o1:1
# text = They are a kind of wild pig that lives in rivers and swamps
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	swamps	swamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | a kind |  |  |  | of wild pig | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | a kind |  |  | rivers and swamps |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They carry birds to keep warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t12:o2:1
# text = They carry birds to keep warm
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | They | birds |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are huge, calm rodents that let birds sit on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t12:o3:1
# text = They are huge, calm rodents that let birds sit on them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rodents	rodent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | present | calm rodents | birds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sit** | infinitive | birds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on birds *= bird* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are a kind of small hippo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t12:o4:1
# text = They are a kind of small hippo
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hippo	hippo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | a kind |  |  |  | of small hippo | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The South American area: sloths, antea…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/t11/)
- next →: [The South American area: sloths, antea…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/e1/)
- ↑ back to [The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and giant otters](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/)