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title: «wild boar in the park dug up the whole lawn, why» What were they do… — Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like · tree and pragmatics
description: «wild boar in the park dug up the whole lawn, why» What were they doing? Test 11 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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# Test 11 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

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«wild boar in the park dug up the whole lawn, why» What were they doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wild boar, they · **What happens:** dig up, do · **To what, where:** whole lawn

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This is test 11 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» 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/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:t11:1
# text = «wild boar in the park dug up the whole lawn, why» What were they doing?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** *in a quote* | past | wild boar in the park | the whole lawn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Building a nest under the grass to hide their piglets in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:t11:o1:1
# text = Building a nest under the grass to hide their piglets in
1	Building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	piglets	piglet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | gerund |  | a nest |  | the grass |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | their piglets |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piglet=Patient |

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

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Digging with their snouts for roots, worms and grubs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:t11:o2:1
# text = Digging with their snouts for roots, worms and grubs
1	Digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	snouts	snout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	grubs	grub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with their snouts; for roots and worms and grubs | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with snout=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Playing football with the turf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:t11:o3:1
# text = Playing football with the turf
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	turf	turf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | football |  |  |  | with the turf | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent football=Theme with turf=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Looking for water pipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:t11:o4:1
# text = Looking for water pipes
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for water pipes | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for pipe=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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