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title: In Zootopia a sloth named Flash works painfully slowly. Why are real… — Record-breakers: the fastest and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Zootopia a sloth named Flash works painfully slowly. Why are real sloths slow? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 185 «Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest» 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 rig
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest

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In Zootopia a sloth named Flash works painfully slowly. Why are real sloths slow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sloth · **What happens:** name, work, be · **To what, where:** sloth, real sloths

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 185 «Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest» 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/185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Zootopia a sloth named Flash works painfully slowly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t2:1
# text = In Zootopia a sloth named Flash works painfully slowly.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Zootopia	Zootopia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sloth	sloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	Flash	Flash	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
7	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	painfully	painfully	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | a sloth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | present | a sloth |  |  |  |  | in Zootopia; slowly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in zootopia=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 are real sloths slow?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t2:2
# text = Why are real sloths slow?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They are lazy on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t2:o1:1
# text = They are lazy on purpose
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | purpose |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They have no muscles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t2:o2:1
# text = They have no muscles
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | no muscles |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are always sleepy from drinking coffee, which grows in the jungle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t2:o3:1
# text = They are always sleepy from drinking coffee, which grows in the jungle
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | always, sleepy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | They *not said here* | coffee |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffee=Patient |
| 3 | **grow** | present | coffee |  |  | the jungle |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Their leafy food gives little energy, and slowness hides them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t2:o4:1
# text = Their leafy food gives little energy, and slowness hides them
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	leafy	leafy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	slowness	slowness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Their leafy food | little energy |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | present | slowness | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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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