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title: In a cartoon a goat crunches up a whole tin can and burps. What is r… — Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climber… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a goat crunches up a whole tin can and burps. What is real? Test 2 of lesson 211 «Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth» 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 r
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# Test 2 · Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth

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In a cartoon a goat crunches up a whole tin can and burps. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goat · **What happens:** crunch up, burp, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 2 of lesson 211 «Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth» 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/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a goat crunches up a whole tin can and burps.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a goat crunches up a whole tin can and burps.
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	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crunches	crunch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	burps	burp	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crunch up** | present | a goat |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **burp** | present | a goat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:t2:2
# text = What is real?
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	real	real	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 |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Goats can eat tins but not plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:t2:o1:1
# text = Goats can eat tins but not plastic
1	Goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	tins	tin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | can | Goats | tins |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A goat may nibble the paper label, but it does not eat the tin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:t2:o2:1
# text = A goat may nibble the paper label, but it does not eat the tin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	nibble	nibble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nibble** | may | a goat | the paper label |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | present · do-support | goat | the tin |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Goats eat tins on purpose to get the iron that their bones need

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:t2:o3:1
# text = Goats eat tins on purpose to get the iron that their bones need
1	Goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tins	tin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Goats | tins |  | purpose |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Goats *not said here* | the iron |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer iron=Stimulus |
| 3 | **need** | present | Goats's bones |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Goats eat tins only in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:t2:o4:1
# text = Goats eat tins only in winter
1	Goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tins	tin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Goats | tins |  |  | winter |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Patient |

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