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title: «King Julien's the boss so male lemurs rule, right» What is right? — Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: «King Julien's the boss so male lemurs rule, right» What is right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 163 «Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa» 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa

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«King Julien's the boss so male lemurs rule, right» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Julien, lemurs rule · **What happens:** rule, be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 163 «Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa» 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/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t1:1
# text = «King Julien's the boss so male lemurs rule, right» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:desc	_	_
3	Julien	Julien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** *in a quote* |  | Julien  King |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | lemurs rule |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, in ring-tailed lemurs the females lead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t1:o1:1
# text = No, in ring-tailed lemurs the females lead
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	tailed	tail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lead	lead	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lead** | present | tailed lemurs |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, the fossa is the boss of lemurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t1:o2:1
# text = No, the fossa is the boss of lemurs
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fossa	fossa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fossa | the boss |  |  |  | of lemurs | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, lemurs crown a king every year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, lemurs crown a king every year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crown	crown	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** | present | lemurs | a king |  |  | year |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the biggest and strongest male is always the king of the troop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, the biggest and strongest male is always the king of the troop
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	conj	_	_
7	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the biggest male | the king |  |  |  | of the troop; always *property* | 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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