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title: «how do these owls hunt when it's daytime at midnight lol» What is r… — The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic f… · tree and pragmatics
description: «how do these owls hunt when it's daytime at midnight lol» What is right? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 168 «The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and the truth about lemmings» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 5 · ★ · The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and…

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«how do these owls hunt when it's daytime at midnight lol» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** owls, it · **What happens:** hunt, be · **To what, where:** daytime

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 168 «The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and the truth about lemmings» 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/168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t5:1
# text = «how do these owls hunt when it's daytime at midnight lol» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	daytime	daytime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	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	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** *in a quote* | present · do-support | this owls |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | daytime |  |  | midnight |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | 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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They wait for the winter dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t5:o1:1
# text = They wait for the winter dark
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | They |  |  |  | winter |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Snowy owls hunt in daylight too, because the summer sun never sets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t5:o2:1
# text = Snowy owls hunt in daylight too, because the summer sun never sets
1	Snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Snowy owls |  |  | daylight |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in daylight=Location |
| 2 | **not** **set** | present | the summer sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They do not hunt in summer at all, they live on fat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t5:o3:1
# text = They do not hunt in summer at all, they live on fat
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hunt** | present · do-support | They |  |  | all | summer |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location |
| 2 | **live** | present | they |  |  | fat |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fat=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They wear sunglasses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t5:o4:1
# text = They wear sunglasses
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sunglasses	sunglasses	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | They | sunglasses |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunglasses=Source |

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