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description: «why are there no red squirrels in my park in London» What is the main reason? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Foxes and squirrels

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«why are there no red squirrels in my park in London» What is the main reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** main reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t9:1
# text = «why are there no red squirrels in my park in London» What is the main reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the main reason |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Red squirrels are scared of pigeons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t9:o1:1
# text = Red squirrels are scared of pigeons
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Red squirrels |  |  |  |  | of pigeons; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Red squirrels only live in Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t9:o2:1
# text = Red squirrels only live in Africa
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Red squirrels |  |  | Africa |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in africa=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Red squirrels turn grey in big cities because of all the smoke and dirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t9:o3:1
# text = Red squirrels turn grey in big cities because of all the smoke and dirt
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Red squirrels |  |  | big cities |  | because all smoke and dirt; grey *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in city=Trajectory |

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

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Grey squirrels from America spread a virus to reds and took their food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:215-foxes-and-squirrels:t9:o4:1
# text = Grey squirrels from America spread a virus to reds and took their food
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reds	red	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | past | Grey squirrels from America | a virus |  |  |  | to reds | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location virus=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past | Grey squirrels from America *not said here* | squirrels's food |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

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