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title: «ew the rabbit's eating its own poo, it's sick!» What is true? — Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…

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«ew the rabbit's eating its own poo, it's sick!» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** own poo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «ew the rabbit's eating its own poo, it's sick!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t3:1
# text = «ew the rabbit's eating its own poo, it's sick!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ew	ew	INTJ	UH	Number=Sing	6	discourse	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | gerund |  | rabbit's own poo |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poo=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |

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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:t3:2
# 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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It is very ill and dying, so it must go to the vet straight away tonight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t3:o1:1
# text = It is very ill and dying, so it must go to the vet straight away tonight
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
17	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **go** | must | it |  |  | the vet | tonight | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to vet=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is copying the dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t3:o2:1
# text = It is copying the dog
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present · progressive | It | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is starving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t3:o3:1
# text = It is starving
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It is normal; it eats special soft droppings to digest food again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t3:o4:1
# text = It is normal; it eats special soft droppings to digest food again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	droppings	dropping	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	digest	digest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | it | special soft droppings |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dropping=Patient |
| 3 | **digest** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  | again |  | tree rules |

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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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