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title: In Zootopia carrots are Judy's family crop. Why do real farmers fenc… — Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits · tree and pragmatics
description: In Zootopia carrots are Judy's family crop. Why do real farmers fence fields against rabbits? Test 8 of lesson 141 «Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits» 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 8 · Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits

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In Zootopia carrots are Judy's family crop. Why do real farmers fence fields against rabbits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Zootopia carrots · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** family crop, real farmers

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This is test 8 of lesson 141 «Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits» 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/141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Zootopia carrots are Judy's family crop.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:t8:1
# text = In Zootopia carrots are Judy's family crop.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Zootopia	Zootopia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	Judy	Judy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	crop	crop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Zootopia carrots | Judy's family crop |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Why do real farmers fence fields against rabbits?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:t8:2
# text = Why do real farmers fence fields against rabbits?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | real farmers and fence fields |  |  |  | against rabbits | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Rabbits dig up the fences for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:t8:o1:1
# text = Rabbits dig up the fences for fun
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fences	fence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | present | Rabbits | the fences |  |  |  | for fun | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fence=Result for fun=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Rabbits nibble soft young crops and can ruin them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:t8:o2:1
# text = Rabbits nibble soft young crops and can ruin them
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	nibble	nibble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	ruin	ruin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nibble** | present | Rabbits | soft young crops |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient |
| 2 | **ruin** | can | Rabbits *not said here* | crops *= crop* |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rabbits steal tools from the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:t8:o3:1
# text = Rabbits steal tools from the farm
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | Rabbits | tools |  | the farm |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tool=Theme from farm=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rabbits are scared of fences, so the farmer only has to put one up and they leave

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:t8:o4:1
# text = Rabbits are scared of fences, so the farmer only has to put one up and they leave
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fences	fence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rabbits |  |  |  |  | of fences; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | the farmer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put up** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent one=Goal |
| 4 | **leave** | present | Rabbits *= rabbit* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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