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title: «pigs r thick though» Which fact shows they are clever? — Pigs: mud, snouts and brains · tree and pragmatics
description: «pigs r thick though» Which fact shows they are clever? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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 9 · ★★ · Pigs: mud, snouts and brains

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«pigs r thick though» Which fact shows they are clever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pigs, fact · **What happens:** be, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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/210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t9:1
# text = «pigs r thick though» Which fact shows they are clever?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
5	though	though	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | pigs |  |  |  |  | thick, though *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | which fact |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | pigs *= pig* |  |  |  |  | clever *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They forget everything after a minute, but they can learn to sit like a dog

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t9:o1:1
# text = They forget everything after a minute, but they can learn to sit like a dog
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | They | everything |  |  | minute |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | can | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **sit** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a dog | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They can read and write

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t9:o2:1
# text = They can read and write
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | can | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **write** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They can talk in words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t9:o3:1
# text = They can talk in words
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | can | They |  |  | words |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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They learn names, solve puzzles and used a joystick in a study

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t9:o4:1
# text = They learn names, solve puzzles and used a joystick in a study
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	solve	solve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	joystick	joystick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | They | names |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 2 | **solve** | present | They *not said here* | puzzles |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Topic |
| 3 | **use** | past | They *not said here* | a joystick |  | a study |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joystick=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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