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# Test 4 · ★ · The penguins of Madagascar: real penguins and chimps

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«penguins are so slow lol, they can't even walk properly» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** penguins · **What happens:** be, not walk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 129 «The penguins of Madagascar: real penguins and chimps» 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/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps:t4:1
# text = «penguins are so slow lol, they can't even walk properly» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
13	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | penguins |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **walk** *in a quote* | can | penguins *= penguin* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Right, they have no legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps:t4:o1:1
# text = Right, they have no legs
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | they | no legs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

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

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Waddling saves energy, and under water they are fast swimmers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps:t4:o2:1
# text = Waddling saves energy, and under water they are fast swimmers
1	Waddling	waddle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waddle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | present |  | energy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | they | fast swimmers |  | water |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Right, they are slow everywhere, on land and under the sea as well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps:t4:o3:1
# text = Right, they are slow everywhere, on land and under the sea as well
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	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	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	9	advmod	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | everywhere, slow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, they cannot swim either

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps:t4:o4:1
# text = Right, they cannot swim either
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **swim** | can | they |  |  |  |  | either *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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