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title: In a cartoon a cat runs screaming from a bath. What is true of the j… — The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a cat runs screaming from a bath. What is true of the jaguar? Test 1 of lesson 157 «The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, jaguars and the giant spider» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 1 · The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, j…

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In a cartoon a cat runs screaming from a bath. What is true of the jaguar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** run, scream, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, bath

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This is test 1 of lesson 157 «The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, jaguars and the giant spider» 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/157-the-amazon-forest-floor/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a cat runs screaming from a bath.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t1:1
# text = In a cartoon a cat runs screaming from a bath.
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	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | a cat |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | a cat *not said here* |  |  | a bath |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 of the jaguar?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t1:2
# text = What is true of the jaguar?
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	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jaguar	jaguar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the jaguar; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It loves water and swims to hunt caimans and fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t1:o1:1
# text = It loves water and swims to hunt caimans and fish
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	caimans	caiman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | It | water |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus |
| 2 | **swim** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  | caimans and fish |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caiman=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jaguars cannot swim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t1:o2:1
# text = Jaguars cannot swim
1	Jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **swim** | can | Jaguars |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All cats sink in water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t1:o3:1
# text = All cats sink in water
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | all cats |  |  | water |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jaguars never go near water, because their fur would get too heavy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t1:o4:1
# text = Jaguars never go near water, because their fur would get too heavy
1	Jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | present | Jaguars |  |  | water |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near water=Location |
| 2 | **get** | would | Jaguars's fur |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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