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title: Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 128 «Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes

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The 15 questions of lesson 128 «Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 77 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t1/) — «zebras are white horses with black paint basically» What is right? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t2/) — «Gloria floats like a ballerina, so hippos are great swimmers» What is right? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t3/) — «hippos look chill, can we paddle next to one» What is the best answer? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t4/) — «2 giraffes + 3 zebras, how many legs» How many? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t5/) — «3 giraffes, how many neck bones altogether, it's like a million» How many? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t6/) — «hippo's sweating blood, is it hurt??» What is right? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t7/) — «Melman's from Central Park Zoo so real giraffes live there» What is right? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t8/) — What would happen if a lion tried to grab a zebra from behind? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t9/) — Why might zebras like to graze near giraffes? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t10/) — «does a hippo drown when it falls asleep under water?» What is right? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/t11/) — «all zebras look the same, how do they tell each other apart lol» What is right? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/e1/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouration of the zebra. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which the hippopotamus does not float. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the neck of the giraffe? — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/e4/) — Ascertain the explanation of zebra stripes which is at present best supported by experiment. — wrong ✗ · exam

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