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title: «that branch has a broken bit that just opened its eyes!!» What is i… — Masters of camouflage · tree and pragmatics
description: «that branch has a broken bit that just opened its eyes!!» What is it most likely? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 189 «Masters of camouflage» 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.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Masters of camouflage

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«that branch has a broken bit that just opened its eyes!!» What is it most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** branch · **What happens:** have, break, open, be · **To what, where:** broken bit, branch

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 189 «Masters of camouflage» 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/189-masters-of-camouflage/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «that branch has a broken bit that just opened its eyes!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:t8:1
# text = «that branch has a broken bit that just opened its eyes!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | that branch | a broken bit |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
| 2 | **break** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **open** *in a quote* | past |  | a broken bit |  |  |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent that=Theme eye=Destination |

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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:* What is it most likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:t8:2
# text = What is it most likely?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	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 |  | branch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A sleeping squirrel curled up on a branch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:t8:o1:1
# text = A sleeping squirrel curled up on a branch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	curled	curl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curl up** | participle |  | a sleeping squirrel *not said here* |  | a branch |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A potoo pretending to be a stump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:t8:o2:1
# text = A potoo pretending to be a stump
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	potoo	potoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stump	stump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund | a potoo *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a potoo *not said here* | a stump |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tree fungus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:t8:o3:1
# text = A tree fungus
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fungus	fungus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A stick insect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:t8:o4:1
# text = A stick insect
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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