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title: A cartoon camel unscrews its hump and pours water for a thirsty trav… — More animal myths: red rags, camel hum… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon camel unscrews its hump and pours water for a thirsty traveller. What is right? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

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A cartoon camel unscrews its hump and pours water for a thirsty traveller. What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon camel · **What happens:** unscrew, pour, be · **To what, where:** hump, water

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» 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/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon camel unscrews its hump and pours water for a thirsty traveller.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t2:1
# text = A cartoon camel unscrews its hump and pours water for a thirsty traveller.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	unscrews	unscrew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unscrew** | present | a cartoon camel | camel's hump |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hump=Patient |
| 2 | **pour** | present | a cartoon camel *not said here* | water |  |  |  | for a thirsty traveller | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent water=Patient for traveller=Beneficiary |

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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 is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t2:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Correct, but only in two-humped camels, which store twice as much water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t2:o1:1
# text = Correct, but only in two-humped camels, which store twice as much water
1	Correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	humped	hump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	store	store	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hump** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **store** | present | Correct two humped camels | much water |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

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

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The hump holds fat; a camel copes by drinking a lot at once and losing very little water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t2:o2:1
# text = The hump holds fat; a camel copes by drinking a lot at once and losing very little water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	copes	cope	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | the hump | fat |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Theme |
| 2 | **cope** | present | a camel |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drink** | gerund | a camel *not said here* | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
| 4 | **lose** | gerund | a camel *not said here* | little water |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The hump holds milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t2:o3:1
# text = The hump holds milk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | the hump | milk |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Correct, humps are water tanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t2:o4:1
# text = Correct, humps are water tanks
1	Correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	humps	hump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tanks	tank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Correct humps | water tanks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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