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# Test 8 · ★ · Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey

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«shut up, a lion's not scared of anything so why's it got eyes in front?» Why does a hunter have front eyes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, lion · **What happens:** shut up, not be, be, have · **To what, where:** front, front eyes

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «shut up, a lion's not scared of anything so why's it got eyes in front?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t8:1
# text = «shut up, a lion's not scared of anything so why's it got eyes in front?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
13	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
17	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | a lion |  |  |  |  | of anything; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | lion |  |  | front |  | get *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why does a hunter have front eyes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t8:2
# text = Why does a hunter have front eyes?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support |  | front eyes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To look fierce and scary to other lions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t8:o1:1
# text = To look fierce and scary to other lions
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to other lions; fierce *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to lion=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To keep the blowing sand out of its eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t8:o2:1
# text = To keep the blowing sand out of its eyes
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	blowing	blowing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the blowing sand |  | sand's eyes |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sand=Theme out eye=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To see behind itself while running

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t8:o3:1
# text = To see behind itself while running
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | itself *= it* |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To judge distance when it pounces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey:t8:o4:1
# text = To judge distance when it pounces
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	judge	judge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pounces	pounce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | to-infinitive |  | distance |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent distance=Value |
| 2 | **pounce** | present | distance |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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