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title: How is a wood mouse like a gardener without knowing it? — How real mice survive: squeezing, clim… · tree and pragmatics
description: How is a wood mouse like a gardener without knowing it? Test 8 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

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How is a wood mouse like a gardener without knowing it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gardener · **What happens:** be, know · **To what, where:** wood mouse, gardener

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t8:1
# text = How is a wood mouse like a gardener without knowing it?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a wood mouse |  |  |  | like a gardener | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | gerund | a gardener *not said here* | gardener |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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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It waters the plants with its long tail every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t8:o1:1
# text = It waters the plants with its long tail every night
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waters	water	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	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **water** | present | It | the plants |  |  | night | with its long tail | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent plant=Destination with tail=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It digs neat flower beds on purpose and plants bulbs in rows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t8:o2:1
# text = It digs neat flower beds on purpose and plants bulbs in rows
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	digs	dig	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | present | It | neat flower beds |  | purpose |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bed=Theme on purpose=Location |

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

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Seeds it forgets in its stores can grow into new plants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t8:o3:1
# text = Seeds it forgets in its stores can grow into new plants
1	Seeds	seed	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	stores	store	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | its stores |  | forget *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | can |  |  |  |  |  | into new plants *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into plant=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It cuts the grass with its teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t8:o4:1
# text = It cuts the grass with its teeth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cuts	cut	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	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | It | the grass |  |  |  | with grass's teeth | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient with tooth=Instrument |

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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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