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title: «pigs are thick, they just roll in mud all day» What is right? — Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs · tree and pragmatics
description: «pigs are thick, they just roll in mud all day» What is right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 144 «Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs» 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 2 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

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«pigs are thick, they just roll in mud all day» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pigs · **What happens:** be, roll · **To what, where:** mud

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 144 «Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs» 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/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t2:1
# text = «pigs are thick, they just roll in mud all day» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	roll	roll	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | pigs |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll** *in a quote* | present | pigs *= pig* |  |  | mud | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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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No, pigs are clever only when they are piglets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t2:o1:1
# text = No, pigs are clever only when they are piglets
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	piglets	piglet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | pigs |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | pigs *= pig* | piglets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, pigs cannot learn anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, pigs cannot learn anything
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | can | pigs | anything |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, pigs are the slowest learners on a farm and never learn tricks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, pigs are the slowest learners on a farm and never learn tricks
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	slowest	slow	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	learners	learner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | pigs | the slowest learners |  | a farm |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **learn** | present | the slowest learners | tricks |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic |

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

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Pigs are clever, solving puzzles as well as many dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t2:o4:1
# text = Pigs are clever, solving puzzles as well as many dogs
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	solving	solve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	11	cc	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	fixed	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pigs |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **solve** | gerund | Pigs *not said here* | puzzles |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Topic |

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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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