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title: «hippos look chill, can we paddle next to one» What is the best answ… — Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «hippos look chill, can we paddle next to one» What is the best answer? Test 3 of lesson 128 «Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes» 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 righ
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# Test 3 · Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes

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«hippos look chill, can we paddle next to one» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hippos, we, best answer · **What happens:** look, paddle, be · **To what, where:** one

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This is test 3 of lesson 128 «Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes» 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/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t3:1
# text = «hippos look chill, can we paddle next to one» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	hippos	hippo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	paddle	paddle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	next	next	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | present | hippos |  |  |  |  | chill *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **paddle** *in a quote* | can | we | one |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, hippos are among the most dangerous large animals in Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t3:o1:1
# text = No, hippos are among the most dangerous large animals in Africa
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hippos	hippo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | hippos |  |  | Africa |  | among the dangerous large animals | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, they are gentle grass eaters that never hurt anybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, they are gentle grass eaters that never hurt anybody
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	anybody	anybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | gentle grass eaters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **hurt** | past | gentle grass eaters | anybody |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anybody=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, they are slow and sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, they are slow and sleepy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, if you bring them carrots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, if you bring them carrots
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | you | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination carrot=Theme |

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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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