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description: A proboscis monkey falls out of a tree into a river. What happens next? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops

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A proboscis monkey falls out of a tree into a river. What happens next?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** proboscis monkey · **What happens:** fall, happen · **To what, where:** tree

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» 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/15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A proboscis monkey falls out of a tree into a river.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t10:1
# text = A proboscis monkey falls out of a tree into a river.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proboscis	proboscis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | a proboscis monkey |  |  | a tree |  | into a river | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme out tree=Initial\_Location into river=Destination |

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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:* What happens next?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t10:2
# text = What happens next?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	next	next	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It sinks to the bottom, because no monkey can swim at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t10:o1:1
# text = It sinks to the bottom, because no monkey can swim at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sinks	sink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the bottom | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **swim** | can | no monkey |  |  | all |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It swims away, it is a great swimmer with partly webbed feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t10:o2:1
# text = It swims away, it is a great swimmer with partly webbed feet
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	webbed	web	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim away** | present | It |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a great swimmer |  |  |  | with webbed feet | tree rules |
| 3 | **web** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | partly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It floats on its big nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t10:o3:1
# text = It floats on its big nose
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | It |  |  | its big nose |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on nose=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It waits for its troop to fish it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t10:o4:1
# text = It waits for its troop to fish it out
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fish	fish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for its troop | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fish out** | to-infinitive |  | troop |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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