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title: «that ant line's carrying salad for dinner» What is right? — The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «that ant line's carrying salad for dinner» What is right? Test 2 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 option; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, j…

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«that ant line's carrying salad for dinner» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** carrying salad · **What happens:** carry, be

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t2:1
# text = «that ant line's carrying salad for dinner» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | that ant line's carrying salad for dinner |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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Yes, ants love leaf salad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, ants love leaf salad
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | ants | leaf salad |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salad=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are building a leafy roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t2:o2:1
# text = They are building a leafy roof
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	leafy	leafy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · progressive | They | a leafy roof |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset roof=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They are carrying leaves to grow fungus, which is what they eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t2:o3:1
# text = They are carrying leaves to grow fungus, which is what they eat
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	fungus	fungus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present · progressive | They | leaves |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | fungus |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fungus=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | fungus |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **eat** | present | leaves *= leaf* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are taking the leaves down to the river to make little boats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t2:o4:1
# text = They are taking the leaves down to the river to make little boats
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · progressive | They | the leaves |  |  |  | down *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | little boats |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boat=Product |

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