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title: In a cartoon a rat lives in a palace kitchen and cooks food. What is… — The city as a habitat · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a rat lives in a palace kitchen and cooks food. What is true about real rats? Test 3 of lesson 14 «The city as a habitat» 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 3 · The city as a habitat

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In a cartoon a rat lives in a palace kitchen and cooks food. What is true about real rats?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rat · **What happens:** live, cook, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, food

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This is test 3 of lesson 14 «The city as a habitat» 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/14-the-city-as-a-habitat/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a rat lives in a palace kitchen and cooks food.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon a rat lives in a palace kitchen and cooks food.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cooks	cook	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a rat |  |  | a cartoon |  | in a palace kitchen | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **cook** | present | a rat *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true about real rats?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t3:2
# text = What is true about real rats?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about real rats; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They eat almost anything from bins and drains and can carry disease

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t3:o1:1
# text = They eat almost anything from bins and drains and can carry disease
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | They | anything |  | bins and drains |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | can | They *not said here* | disease |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disease=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They cannot squeeze through holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t3:o2:1
# text = They cannot squeeze through holes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **squeeze** | can | They |  |  | holes |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through hole=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are fussy and eat only cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t3:o3:1
# text = They are fussy and eat only cheese
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fussy	fussy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | fussy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | They *not said here* | cheese |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They live only in deep forests far from people and never come near towns or houses

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:14-the-city-as-a-habitat:t3:o4:1
# text = They live only in deep forests far from people and never come near towns or houses
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
13	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | They |  |  | deep forests |  | from people | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location |
| 2 | **not** **come** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  | towns or houses |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near town=Location |

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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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