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title: In a cartoon a cow steps into a river and a piranha swarm leaves onl… — The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flood… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a cow steps into a river and a piranha swarm leaves only bones in seconds. What is true? Test 1 of lesson 155 «The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flooded forest, giant fish and piranhas» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flooded forest, giant fis…

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In a cartoon a cow steps into a river and a piranha swarm leaves only bones in seconds. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cow, piranha swarm · **What happens:** step, leave, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, bones

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This is test 1 of lesson 155 «The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flooded forest, giant fish and piranhas» 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/155-the-amazon-river/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a cow steps into a river and a piranha swarm leaves only bones in seconds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:t1:1
# text = In a cartoon a cow steps into a river and a piranha swarm leaves only bones in seconds.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	steps	step	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	piranha	piranha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	swarm	swarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | present | a cow |  |  | a cartoon |  | into a river | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into river=Destination |
| 2 | **leave** | present | a piranha swarm | bones |  |  | second |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=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:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:t1:2
# text = What is true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Piranhas live only in cartoons and films, never in real rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:t1:o1:1
# text = Piranhas live only in cartoons and films, never in real rivers
1	Piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Piranhas |  |  | cartoons and films |  | in real rivers | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Exactly what happens every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:t1:o2:1
# text = Exactly what happens every day
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Piranhas eat only cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:t1:o3:1
# text = Piranhas eat only cows
1	Piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Piranhas | cows |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The scene is a myth; most piranhas are timid scavengers and people swim among them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:t1:o4:1
# text = The scene is a myth; most piranhas are timid scavengers and people swim among them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	timid	timid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	scavengers	scavenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	among	among	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the scene | a myth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | most piranhas | timid scavengers and people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **swim** | present | timid scavengers and people |  |  |  |  | among piranhas *= piranha* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Trajectory |

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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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