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# Test 5 · ★ · The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart fr…

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«zoo dart frog's poisonous, don't touch it!» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not touch, be · **To what, where:** frog

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «zoo dart frog's poisonous, don't touch it!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t5:1
# text = «zoo dart frog's poisonous, don't touch it!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dart	dart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  | frog |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-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 right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t5:2
# 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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Yes, they make poison from sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, they make poison from sunlight
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | they | poison |  | sunlight |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset poison=Product from sunlight=Material |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, zoo frogs are the most poisonous of all, because they are fed so well every day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, zoo frogs are the most poisonous of all, because they are fed so well every day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | zoo frogs |  |  |  | day | of all; poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **feed** | present · passive |  | frogs *= frog* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Zoo frogs fed other food are not poisonous, though you still should not grab them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t5:o3:1
# text = Zoo frogs fed other food are not poisonous, though you still should not grab them
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	csubj	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | Zoo frogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | other food |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **grab** | should | you | frogs *= frog* |  |  | still |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No dart frog is ever poisonous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t5:o4:1
# text = No dart frog is ever poisonous
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	dart	dart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no dart frog |  |  |  | ever | poisonous *property* | tree rules |

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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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