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title: In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends every film chasing one single… — Foxes and squirrels · tree and pragmatics
description: In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends every film chasing one single acorn. What do real squirrels do? Test 6 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Foxes and squirrels

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In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends every film chasing one single acorn. What do real squirrels do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** squirrel, film, real squirrels · **What happens:** spend, chase, be, do · **To what, where:** film, Ice Age, one single acorn

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends every film chasing one single acorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t6:1
# text = In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends every film chasing one single acorn.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Scrat	Scrat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spends	spend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	acorn	acorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | present | the squirrel | every film |  |  | in Ice Age |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Asset |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund | every film *not said here* | one single acorn |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme |

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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 do real squirrels do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t6:2
# text = What do real squirrels do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | real squirrels |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keep only one nut for their whole life and guard it from every other animal

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t6:o1:1
# text = Keep only one nut for their whole life and guard it from every other animal
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	guard	guard	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | one nut |  |  |  | for their whole life | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme |
| 2 | **guard** | infinitive | you *not said here* | nut |  |  |  | from every other animal | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary from animal=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Store nuts only in their cheeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t6:o2:1
# text = Store nuts only in their cheeks
1	Store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Bury thousands of nuts and find many again by memory and smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t6:o3:1
# text = Bury thousands of nuts and find many again by memory and smell
1	Bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | imperative | you *not said here* | thousands of nuts |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present | you *not said here* | many |  |  | again | by memory and smell | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Never eat nuts at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t6:o4:1
# text = Never eat nuts at all
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | nuts |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient |

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