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description: «mammoth ate 150 kilos of plants a day, how is that even possible» Why did it need so much? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 130 «Ice Age: real woolly mammoths» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Ice Age: real woolly mammoths

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«mammoth ate 150 kilos of plants a day, how is that even possible» Why did it need so much?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mammoth · **What happens:** eat, be, need · **To what, where:** 150 kilos

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 130 «Ice Age: real woolly mammoths» 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/130-ice-age-real-woolly-mammoths/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:130-ice-age-real-woolly-mammoths:t11:1
# text = «mammoth ate 150 kilos of plants a day, how is that even possible» Why did it need so much?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mammoth	mammoth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	150	150	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	kilos	kilo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
17	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	much	much	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | mammoth | 150 kilos of plants |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kilo=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mammoth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **need** | past · do-support | mammoth |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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 ate only snacks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:130-ice-age-real-woolly-mammoths:t11:o1:1
# text = It ate only snacks
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | It | snacks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It needed the plants to build nests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:130-ice-age-real-woolly-mammoths:t11:o2:1
# text = It needed the plants to build nests
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | It | the plants |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plant=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | nests |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was always greedy and kept on eating even when its tummy was completely full

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:130-ice-age-real-woolly-mammoths:t11:o3:1
# text = It was always greedy and kept on eating even when its tummy was completely full
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | always, greedy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | its tummy |  |  |  |  | completely, full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Grass has little goodness, and a huge body needs lots of energy in the cold

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:130-ice-age-real-woolly-mammoths:t11:o4:1
# text = Grass has little goodness, and a huge body needs lots of energy in the cold
1	Grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Grass | little goodness |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodness=Patient |
| 2 | **need** | present | a huge body | lots of energy |  | the cold |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lot=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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