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title: Babe could find a hidden apple by looking in a mirror. Could a real… — Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs · tree and pragmatics
description: Babe could find a hidden apple by looking in a mirror. Could a real pig? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

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Babe could find a hidden apple by looking in a mirror. Could a real pig?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Babe · **What happens:** find, look · **To what, where:** hidden apple

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Babe could find a hidden apple by looking in a mirror.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t7:1
# text = Babe could find a hidden apple by looking in a mirror.
1	Babe	babe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | could | Babe | a hidden apple |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | Babe *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in a mirror | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mirror=Theme |

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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:* Could a real pig?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t7:2
# text = Could a real pig?
1	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yes, pigs have learned to use a mirror to find hidden food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, pigs have learned to use a mirror to find hidden food
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · perfect | pigs |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | pigs *not said here* | a mirror |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Patient |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | pigs *not said here* | hidden food |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, pigs always think the mirror shows another pig and try to fight it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t7:o2:1
# text = No, pigs always think the mirror shows another pig and try to fight it
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	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | pigs |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | present | the mirror |  | another pig |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pig=Recipient |
| 3 | **try** | infinitive | pigs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **fight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | pigs *not said here* | mirror |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only after years of training every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t7:o3:1
# text = Only after years of training every day
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, pigs cannot see in mirrors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t7:o4:1
# text = No, pigs cannot see in mirrors
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	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	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | pigs |  |  | mirrors |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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