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title: A sloth stayed hidden in the treetops for months, then got caught on… — Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predato… · tree and pragmatics
description: A sloth stayed hidden in the treetops for months, then got caught on the ground. Why there? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 142 «Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey

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A sloth stayed hidden in the treetops for months, then got caught on the ground. Why there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sloth · **What happens:** stay, hide, catch · **To what, where:** hidden treetops, ground

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 142 «Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey» 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/142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A sloth stayed hidden in the treetops for months, then got caught on the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t4:1
# text = A sloth stayed hidden in the treetops for months, then got caught on the ground.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sloth	sloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	treetops	treetop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | a sloth | the hidden treetops |  |  | month |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme treetop=Location |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **catch** | past · passive | a sloth *not said here* |  |  | the ground | then |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |

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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 there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t4:2
# text = Why there?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	1	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It came down to hunt mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t4:o1:1
# text = It came down to hunt mice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | past | It |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  | mice |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |

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

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It climbs down about once a week for the toilet, and that is when it is in danger

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t4:o2:1
# text = It climbs down about once a week for the toilet, and that is when it is in danger
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb down** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for the toilet; down, once *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | when *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | toilet |  |  | danger |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It came down to look for a new tree to sleep in, as sloths change trees every night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t4:o3:1
# text = It came down to look for a new tree to sleep in, as sloths change trees every night
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | past | It |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for a new tree | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for tree=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep in** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **change** | present | sloths | trees |  |  | night |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It fell because sloths cannot grip well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t4:o4:1
# text = It fell because sloths cannot grip well
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	grip	grip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **grip** | can | sloths |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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