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title: In a pitch-dark forest, how can a pit viper find a sleeping mouse? — Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes a… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a pitch-dark forest, how can a pit viper find a sleeping mouse? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» 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 10 · ★ · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys

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In a pitch-dark forest, how can a pit viper find a sleeping mouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pit viper · **What happens:** find · **To what, where:** sleeping mouse, dark forest

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» 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/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t10:1
# text = In a pitch-dark forest, how can a pit viper find a sleeping mouse?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	viper	viper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | can | a pit viper | a sleeping mouse |  | a dark forest |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Topic |

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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 hears the mouse's heartbeat with its big ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t10:o1:1
# text = It hears the mouse's heartbeat with its big ears
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | It | the mouse's heartbeat |  |  |  | with heartbeat's big ears | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer heartbeat=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It waits for morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t10:o2:1
# text = It waits for morning
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | It |  |  |  | morning |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It sees in the dark with glowing eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t10:o3:1
# text = It sees in the dark with glowing eyes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | It |  |  | the dark with glowing eyes |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The pits on its face sense the mouse's body heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t10:o4:1
# text = The pits on its face sense the mouse's body heat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pits	pit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	sense	sense	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sense** | present | the pits on its face | the mouse's body heat |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer heat=Stimulus |
| 2 | **heat** |  | the mouse |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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