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title: «why's that big frog eating a mouse, frogs eat flies» What is right? — Amazon giants and tall tales: anaconda… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's that big frog eating a mouse, frogs eat flies» What is right? Test 9 · ★★ 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;
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric…

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«why's that big frog eating a mouse, frogs eat flies» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big frog, frogs, flies · **What happens:** be, eat · **To what, where:** flies

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t9:1
# text = «why's that big frog eating a mouse, frogs eat flies» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that big frog |  |  |  |  | eat *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | frogs | flies |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | flies |  |  |  |  | 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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That is not a frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t9:o1:1
# text = That is not a frog
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | That | a frog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Frogs only ever eat flies and worms, so the picture must be a trick made with a computer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t9:o2:1
# text = Frogs only ever eat flies and worms, so the picture must be a trick made with a computer
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
16	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Frogs | flies and worms |  |  | ever |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | must | the picture | a trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | a trick *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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

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The horned frog grabs anything that fits in its huge mouth, even mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t9:o3:1
# text = The horned frog grabs anything that fits in its huge mouth, even mice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	horned	horned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | present | the horned frog | anything |  |  |  | mice *obl* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **fit** | present |  |  |  | frog's huge mouth |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in mouth=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is just holding the mouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t9:o4:1
# text = It is just holding the mouse
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	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · progressive | It | the mouse |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |

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