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title: «it's a pig with a nose like an elephant» Which is right about the t… — The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «it's a pig with a nose like an elephant» Which is right about the tapir? Test 5 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 o
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# Test 5 · The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, j…

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«it's a pig with a nose like an elephant» Which is right about the tapir?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, pig · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** pig · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t5:1
# text = «it's a pig with a nose like an elephant» Which is right about the tapir?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	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	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tapir	tapir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a pig |  |  |  | with a nose like a elephant | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a pig |  |  |  |  | about the tapir; 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is a wild pig

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t5:o1:1
# text = It is a wild pig
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a wild pig |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a kind of anteater with a short trunk for licking up ants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t5:o2:1
# text = It is a kind of anteater with a short trunk for licking up ants
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anteater	anteater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	licking	lick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a kind |  |  |  | of anteater; with a short trunk | tree rules |
| 2 | **lick up** | gerund | a kind *not said here* | ants |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent ant=Source |

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

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It looks piggy but is a closer cousin of horses and rhinos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t5:o3:1
# text = It looks piggy but is a closer cousin of horses and rhinos
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	piggy	piggy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	rhinos	rhino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | It | piggy |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme piggy=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a closer cousin |  |  |  | of horses and rhinos | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a baby elephant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t5:o4:1
# text = It is a baby elephant
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a baby elephant |  |  |  |  | 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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