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title: In Zootopia, Flash the sloth works at painfully slow speed. How righ… — The South American area: sloths, antea… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Zootopia, Flash the sloth works at painfully slow speed. How right is that? Test 3 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and g…

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In Zootopia, Flash the sloth works at painfully slow speed. How right is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Flash, that · **What happens:** work, be

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Zootopia, Flash the sloth works at painfully slow speed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t3:1
# text = In Zootopia, Flash the sloth works at painfully slow speed.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Zootopia	Zootopia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Flash	Flash	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sloth	sloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	painfully	painfully	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Flash |  |  |  |  | at slow speed; in Zootopia | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in zootopia=Theme |

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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:* How right is that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t3:2
# text = How right is that?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sloths really are very slow, to save energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t3:o1:1
# text = Sloths really are very slow, to save energy
1	Sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sloths |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | Sloths *not said here* | energy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wrong, sloths are fast but sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t3:o2:1
# text = Wrong, sloths are fast but sleepy
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wrong sloths |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Wrong sloths *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wrong, real sloths are among the fastest animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t3:o3:1
# text = Wrong, real sloths are among the fastest animals
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wrong real sloths |  |  |  |  | among the fastest animals | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wrong, sloths cannot move at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t3:o4:1
# text = Wrong, sloths cannot move at all
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | can | Wrong sloths |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

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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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