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title: «sloth's coming down the tree, he's gonna have a wee walk» What is i… — The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagl… · tree and pragmatics
description: «sloth's coming down the tree, he's gonna have a wee walk» What is it really doing? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 156 «The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart frogs and sloth gardens» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart fr…

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«sloth's coming down the tree, he's gonna have a wee walk» What is it really doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sloth, walk · **What happens:** come down, be, do · **To what, where:** tree, wee walk

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 156 «The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart frogs and sloth gardens» 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/156-the-amazon-canopy/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t2:1
# text = «sloth's coming down the tree, he's gonna have a wee walk» What is it really doing?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sloth	sloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	gonna	gonna	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	really	really	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** *in a quote* | present · progressive | sloth | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sloth |  |  |  |  | have *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present · progressive | walk | a wee walk |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Hunting for insects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t2:o1:1
# text = Hunting for insects
1	Hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for insects | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for insect=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Climbing down to poo, about once a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t2:o2:1
# text = Climbing down to poo, about once a week
1	Climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb down** | gerund |  |  |  | poo |  | down, once *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to poo=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Going for a swim every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t2:o3:1
# text = Going for a swim every day
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	swim	swim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  | day | for a swim | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for swim=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Looking for a new tree to live in, as they move every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t2:o4:1
# text = Looking for a new tree to live in, as they move every night
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	csubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a new tree | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for tree=Theme |
| 2 | **live in** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **move** | present | they |  |  |  | night |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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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