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title: A giant armadillo moves out of its burrow. Who might move in? — Amazon giants and tall tales: anaconda… · tree and pragmatics
description: A giant armadillo moves out of its burrow. Who might move in? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric…

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A giant armadillo moves out of its burrow. Who might move in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giant armadillo · **What happens:** move out, move in · **To what, where:** burrow

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» 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/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A giant armadillo moves out of its burrow.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t11:1
# text = A giant armadillo moves out of its burrow.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	armadillo	armadillo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	burrow	burrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move out** | present | a giant armadillo | armadillo's burrow |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent burrow=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:* Who might move in?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t11:2
# text = Who might move in?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move in** | might |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody, burrows collapse at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t11:o1:1
# text = Nobody, burrows collapse at once
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	burrows	burrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	collapse	collapse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collapse** | present | Nobody burrows |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A lizard, an ocelot or birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t11:o2:1
# text = A lizard, an ocelot or birds
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ocelot	ocelot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fish washed in from a nearby stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t11:o3:1
# text = A fish washed in from a nearby stream
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | participle |  | a fish *not said here* |  | a nearby stream |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A young caiman from the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t11:o4:1
# text = A young caiman from the river
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	caiman	caiman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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