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title: «Mr Big's a crime boss coz shrews are scary tough, lol» What is true… — Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predato… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Mr Big's a crime boss coz shrews are scary tough, lol» What is true about real shrews? Test 6 · ★ 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 choi
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# Test 6 · ★ · Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey

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«Mr Big's a crime boss coz shrews are scary tough, lol» What is true about real shrews?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mr, shrews · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** crime boss

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t6:1
# text = «Mr Big's a crime boss coz shrews are scary tough, lol» What is true about real shrews?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	shrews	shrew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
19	about	about	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	shrews	shrew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Mr | a crime boss |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | shrews |  |  |  |  | tough *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about real shrews; true *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They are gentle little animals that eat only seeds and never hunt any other creature

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t6:o1:1
# text = They are gentle little animals that eat only seeds and never hunt any other creature
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | gentle little animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | gentle little animals | seeds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **hunt** | present | gentle little animals | any other creature |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Theme |

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

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They are fierce little hunters of insects and worms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t6:o2:1
# text = They are fierce little hunters of insects and worms
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | fierce little hunters |  |  |  | of insects and worms | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They hunt polar bears in the Arctic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t6:o3:1
# text = They hunt polar bears in the Arctic
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | They | polar bears |  | the Arctic |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bear=Theme in arctic=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are scared of every insect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t6:o4:1
# text = They are scared of every insect
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	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of every insect; scared *property* | tree rules |

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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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