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title: «my cousin says it's fine for brother and sister tigers to have cubs… — Breeding programmes for rare animals:… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my cousin says it's fine for brother and sister tigers to have cubs, they're animals innit» What is right? Test 1 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 1 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…

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«my cousin says it's fine for brother and sister tigers to have cubs, they're animals innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, cubs, animals · **What happens:** say, be, have, innit · **To what, where:** cubs, animals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» 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/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t1:1
# text = «my cousin says it's fine for brother and sister tigers to have cubs, they're animals innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
22	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | for brother and sister tigers; fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | cubs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cubs *= cub* | animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | animals |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It makes the cubs stronger and healthier than cubs of strangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t1:o1:1
# text = It makes the cubs stronger and healthier than cubs of strangers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	healthier	healthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the cubs |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material cub=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Animals cannot inherit any illnesses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t1:o2:1
# text = Animals cannot inherit any illnesses
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	inherit	inherit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	illnesses	illness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **inherit** | can | Animals | any illnesses |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tigers can only breed with relatives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t1:o3:1
# text = Tigers can only breed with relatives
1	Tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	breed	breed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | can | Tigers |  |  |  |  | with relatives | tree rules |

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

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Close relatives pairing makes inherited illnesses more common

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t1:o4:1
# text = Close relatives pairing makes inherited illnesses more common
1	Close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	pairing	pairing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	inherited	inherit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	illnesses	illness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | relatives pairing | inherited illnesses |  |  |  | common *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset illness=Product |
| 2 | **inherit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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