--- title: A pangolin has no teeth. How does it eat? — The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobo… · tree and pragmatics description: A pangolin has no teeth. How does it eat? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 159 «The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest elephants» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/159-the-congo-rainforest/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/159-the-congo-rainforest/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest… A pangolin has no teeth. How does it eat? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pangolin · **What happens:** have, eat · **To what, where:** teeth This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 159 «The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest elephants» 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/159-the-congo-rainforest/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A pangolin has no teeth. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t9:1 # text = A pangolin has no teeth. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pangolin pangolin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a pangolin | no teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* How does it eat? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t9:2 # text = How does it eat? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present · do-support | pangolin | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It licks up ants and termites with a very long tongue ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t9:o1:1 # text = It licks up ants and termites with a very long tongue 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 licks lick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 termites termite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lick up** | present | It | ants and termites | | | | with a long tongue | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ant=Experiencer with tongue=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} It drinks only water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t9:o2:1 # text = It drinks only water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drinks drink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | present | It | water | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It swallows fruit whole ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t9:o3:1 # text = It swallows fruit whole 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swallows swallow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | present | It | fruit | | | | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It eats only soft young leaves from the tops of the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t9:o4:1 # text = It eats only soft young leaves from the tops of the trees 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | It | soft young leaves | | the tops of the trees | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | **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. 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