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title: In Rango, a chameleon walks into a desert town looking for water. Wh… — Deserts of the world: fennec foxes, fo… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Rango, a chameleon walks into a desert town looking for water. Why is water the main worry in a desert? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 182 «Deserts of the world: fennec foxes, fog-drinking beetles, camels and silver ants» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 11 · ★ · Deserts of the world: fennec foxes, fog-drinking beetles,…

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In Rango, a chameleon walks into a desert town looking for water. Why is water the main worry in a desert?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chameleon, desert town · **What happens:** walk, look, be · **To what, where:** Rango, water

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 182 «Deserts of the world: fennec foxes, fog-drinking beetles, camels and silver ants» 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/182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Rango, a chameleon walks into a desert town looking for water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants:t11:1
# text = In Rango, a chameleon walks into a desert town looking for water.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Rango	Rango	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chameleon	chameleon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | a chameleon |  |  | Rango |  | into a desert town *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into town=Result |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | a desert town *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for water | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for water=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is water the main worry in a desert?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants:t11:2
# text = Why is water the main worry in a desert?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Animals in deserts never drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants:t11:o1:1
# text = Animals in deserts never drink
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	drink	drink	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 | **not** **drink** | present | Animals in deserts |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Deserts are always flooded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants:t11:o2:1
# text = Deserts are always flooded
1	Deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	flooded	flood	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | present · passive |  | Deserts |  |  |  | always *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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

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Very little rain falls, so water is the hardest thing to find

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants:t11:o3:1
# text = Very little rain falls, so water is the hardest thing to find
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | little rain |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | water | the hardest thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | little rain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sand is full of rivers running under it, so water is easy to find

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants:t11:o4:1
# text = The sand is full of rivers running under it, so water is easy to find
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the sand |  |  |  |  | of rivers; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | rivers *not said here* |  |  | sand |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under it=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is** | present | water |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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