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description: In Zootopia, Nick Wilde the fox tricks everyone and talks his way out of trouble. Why do stories make foxes sly? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 215 «Foxes and squirrels» 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 w
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# Test 12 · ★ · Foxes and squirrels

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In Zootopia, Nick Wilde the fox tricks everyone and talks his way out of trouble. Why do stories make foxes sly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fox, stories · **What happens:** trick, talk, make · **To what, where:** everyone, Zootopia, way, trouble, foxes

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 215 «Foxes and squirrels» 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/215-foxes-and-squirrels/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Zootopia, Nick Wilde the fox tricks everyone and talks his way out of trouble.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t12:1
# text = In Zootopia, Nick Wilde the fox tricks everyone and talks his way out of trouble.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Zootopia	Zootopia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Nick	Nick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	Wilde	Wilde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	tricks	trick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | present | the fox | everyone |  | Zootopia and Nick |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |
| 2 | **talk** | present | the fox *not said here* | fox's way |  | trouble |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent way=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:* Why do stories make foxes sly?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t12:2
# text = Why do stories make foxes sly?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	sly	sly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | stories | foxes |  |  |  | sly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fox=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real foxes always steal from shops and hide the things they take in their dens

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t12:o1:1
# text = Real foxes always steal from shops and hide the things they take in their dens
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	dens	den	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | Real foxes |  |  | shops |  | always *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | present | Real foxes *not said here* | the things |  | foxes's dens |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Patient in den=Location |
| 3 | **take** | present | foxes *= fox* | the things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real foxes are slow and simple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t12:o2:1
# text = Real foxes are slow and simple
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real foxes |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Real foxes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real foxes can talk to people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t12:o3:1
# text = Real foxes can talk to people
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | can | Real foxes |  |  |  |  | to people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to people=Co-Agent |

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

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Real foxes are clever, learn quickly and eat almost anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t12:o4:1
# text = Real foxes are clever, learn quickly and eat almost anything
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real foxes |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | present |  | anything |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

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