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title: In a cartoon a baby hare is born bald and blind in a burrow. What is… — Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a baby hare is born bald and blind in a burrow. What is true? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…

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In a cartoon a baby hare is born bald and blind in a burrow. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** bear, be · **To what, where:** baby hare, cartoon

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» 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/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a baby hare is born bald and blind in a burrow.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t12:1
# text = In a cartoon a baby hare is born bald and blind in a burrow.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	burrow	burrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | a baby hare |  | a cartoon |  | in a burrow; bald *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t12:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Hares and rabbits are the same animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t12:o1:1
# text = Hares and rabbits are the same animal
1	Hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hares and rabbits | the same animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Baby rabbits and hares are both born furry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t12:o2:1
# text = Baby rabbits and hares are both born furry
1	Baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	both	both	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | Baby rabbits and hares |  |  |  | both, furry *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Baby hares are born bald and blind in burrows, just like the cartoon shows

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t12:o3:1
# text = Baby hares are born bald and blind in burrows, just like the cartoon shows
1	Baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	burrows	burrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | Baby hares |  | burrows |  | bald *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | present | the cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That fits baby rabbits; baby hares are born furry with open eyes above ground

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t12:o4:1
# text = That fits baby rabbits; baby hares are born furry with open eyes above ground
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	above	above	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
15	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | That | baby rabbits |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Patient |
| 2 | **bear** | present · passive |  | baby hares |  |  |  | ground *obl*; above, furry *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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