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# Test 1 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

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«saw one mouse in the shed last month, now there's loads, how??» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** loads, best answer · **What happens:** see, shed, be · **To what, where:** one mouse

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This is test 1 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» 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/120-how-real-mice-survive/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «saw one mouse in the shed last month, now there's loads, how??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t1:1
# text = «saw one mouse in the shed last month, now there's loads, how??»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	shed	shed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	13	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | one mouse |  |  | month |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus |
| 2 | **shed** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **does** *in a quote* | present | loads |  |  | there | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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:* What is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t1:2
# text = What is the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The first mouse called all its friends from town to come and live there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t1:o1:1
# text = The first mouse called all its friends from town to come and live there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle | the first mouse *not said here* | mouse's friends from town |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | the first mouse *not said here* | mouse's friends from town *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **live** | infinitive | the first mouse *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mice split in two like cells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t1:o2:1
# text = Mice split in two like cells
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	split	split	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | present | Mice |  |  | two |  | like cells | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Mice can have six to eight babies every few weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t1:o3:1
# text = Mice can have six to eight babies every few weeks
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | Mice | six babies |  |  | week |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were all hiding there quietly for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t1:o4:1
# text = They were all hiding there quietly for years
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | They |  |  | there | year | all, quietly *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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