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# Test 4 · ★ · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

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«unicorns were totally real, the oryx proves it» What is a fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** unicorns, oryx · **What happens:** be, prove · **To what, where:** it, fair answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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/114-back-to-the-wild/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t4:1
# text = «unicorns were totally real, the oryx proves it» What is a fair answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	unicorns	unicorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oryx	oryx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | unicorns |  |  |  |  | real, totally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **prove** *in a quote* | present | the oryx | it |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | a fair answer |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Yes, the oryx has a single magic horn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, the oryx has a single magic horn
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	oryx	oryx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the oryx | a single magic horn |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An oryx seen from the side may have inspired the legend, but unicorns were not real

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t4:o2:1
# text = An oryx seen from the side may have inspired the legend, but unicorns were not real
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oryx	oryx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	inspired	inspire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	unicorns	unicorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | participle |  | a oryx *not said here* |  | the side |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **inspire** | may · perfect · passive |  | a oryx |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer legend=Result |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past | unicorns |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, unicorns live in Chad today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, unicorns live in Chad today
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	unicorns	unicorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Chad	Chad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | unicorns |  |  | Chad | today |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chad=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, the oryx has no horns at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:t4:o4:1
# text = No, the oryx has no horns at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	oryx	oryx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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