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title: Identify the manner in which the domestic pig supports its weight in… — Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the manner in which the domestic pig supports its weight in walking. Exam question 2 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» 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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# Exam question 2 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

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Identify the manner in which the domestic pig supports its weight in walking.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, domestic pig · **What happens:** identify, support · **To what, where:** manner, weight, walking

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e2:1
# text = Identify the manner in which the domestic pig supports its weight in walking.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	supports	support	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **support** | present | the domestic pig | pig's weight |  | walking |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer weight=Stimulus |

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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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Upon the knees of the forelimbs and the hind feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e2:o1:1
# text = Upon the knees of the forelimbs and the hind feet
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forelimbs	forelimb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Upon four limbs, bearing its weight on the tips of two hoofed toes on each foot

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e2:o2:1
# text = Upon four limbs, bearing its weight on the tips of two hoofed toes on each foot
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	hoofed	hoof	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund |  | its weight |  | the tips of two hoofed toes on each foot |  | upon four limbs | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Patient |
| 2 | **hoof** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Upon four flat paws provided with claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e2:o3:1
# text = Upon four flat paws provided with claws
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | participle |  | four flat paws *not said here* |  |  |  | with claws | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with claw=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Upon the two hind limbs in the manner of a human being, the forelimbs being held aloft

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e2:o4:1
# text = Upon the two hind limbs in the manner of a human being, the forelimbs being held aloft
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	forelimbs	forelimb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
16	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
18	aloft	aloft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of a human forelimbs | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund · passive |  | a human forelimbs *not said here* |  |  |  | aloft *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V» |

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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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