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Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and stone-stealing penguins» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins/t4/) [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/) / [Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, cl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and… «an adélie keeps nicking stones off his mate next door, what a crook» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** adélie, next door, crook · **What happens:** keep, nick, be · **To what, where:** next door, stones, mate This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and stone-stealing penguins» 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/170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t4:1 # text = «an adélie keeps nicking stones off his mate next door, what a crook» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adélie adélie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nicking nick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 crook crook NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | a adélie | next door | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **nick** *in a quote* | gerund | next door *not said here* | stones | | adélie's mate | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent stone=Theme off mate=Source | | 3 | **is** | present | a crook | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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} Stealing stones is common, because good stones keep eggs above meltwater ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t4:o1:1 # text = Stealing stones is common, because good stones keep eggs above meltwater 1 Stealing steal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 above above ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 meltwater meltwater NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | gerund | | stones | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stone=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | Stealing | | | | | common *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | present | good stones | eggs | | meltwater | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent egg=Theme above meltwater=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is building a road ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t4:o2:1 # text = He is building a road 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present · progressive | He | a road | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is collecting stones to sell to the other penguins in exchange for fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t4:o3:1 # text = He is collecting stones to sell to the other penguins in exchange for fish 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 collecting collect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 penguins penguin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** | present · progressive | He | stones | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | the other penguins | exchange for fish | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to penguin=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Penguins never steal ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:170-antarctica-emperor-huddles-krill-clear-blooded-fish-and-stone-stealing-penguins:t4:o4:1 # text = Penguins never steal 1 Penguins penguin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 steal steal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **steal** | present | Penguins | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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