--- title: «biggest living thing = blue whale, done» What is right? — Record-breakers: the biggest and the s… · tree and pragmatics description: «biggest living thing = blue whale, done» What is right? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest/t2/) [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/) / [Record-breakers: the biggest and the s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest «biggest living thing = blue whale, done» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** blue whale · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» 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/186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t2:1 # text = «biggest living thing = blue whale, done» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 3 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 = = SYM SYM _ 7 punct _ _ 6 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | | blue whale *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | 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 {#o1} No, the giraffe is heavier ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t2:o1:1 # text = No, the giraffe is heavier 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giraffe giraffe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the giraffe | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Right, nothing is heavier ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t2:o2:1 # text = Right, nothing is heavier 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | nothing | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The blue whale is the biggest animal, but Pando or a giant fungus may be heavier as single living things ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t2:o3:1 # text = The blue whale is the biggest animal, but Pando or a giant fungus may be heavier as single living things 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 10 Pando Pando PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fungus fungus NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 conj _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the blue whale | the biggest animal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | may | Pando or a giant fungus | | | | | as single living things; heavy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, the ostrich is ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t2:o4:1 # text = No, the ostrich is 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | the ostrich | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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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