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title: Why might zebras like to graze near giraffes? — Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might zebras like to graze near giraffes? Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes

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Why might zebras like to graze near giraffes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zebras · **What happens:** graze

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t9:1
# text = Why might zebras like to graze near giraffes?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	graze	graze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **graze** | might | zebras |  |  |  |  | near giraffes | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Giraffes share their leaves with them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t9:o1:1
# text = Giraffes share their leaves with them
1	Giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | Giraffes | Giraffes's leaves |  |  |  | with leaves *= leaf* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Giraffes are tall and spot lions early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t9:o2:1
# text = Giraffes are tall and spot lions early
1	Giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	spot	spot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
7	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Giraffes scare all flies away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t9:o3:1
# text = Giraffes scare all flies away
1	Giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scare	scare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare away** | present | Giraffes | all flies |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fly=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Giraffes carry zebras on their backs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:t9:o4:1
# text = Giraffes carry zebras on their backs
1	Giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Giraffes | zebras |  | Giraffes's backs |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zebra=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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