--- title: An elephant always uses its left tusk to dig, and that tusk is worn… — Elephants: families, tusks, ears and m… · tree and pragmatics description: An elephant always uses its left tusk to dig, and that tusk is worn shorter. What is this like? 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What is this like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elephant · **What happens:** use, dig, wear, be · **To what, where:** left tusk, tusk, this This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «Elephants: families, tusks, ears and memory» 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/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An elephant always uses its left tusk to dig, and that tusk is worn shorter. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t6:1 # text = An elephant always uses its left tusk to dig, and that tusk is worn shorter. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tusk tusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 tusk tusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 16 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | a elephant | elephant's left tusk | | | | always *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tusk=Patient | | 2 | **dig** | to-infinitive | a elephant *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wear** | present · passive | | that tusk | | | | short *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is this like? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t6:2 # text = What is this like? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nsubj _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 1 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | this | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Being colour-blind ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t6:o1:1 # text = Being colour-blind 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 cop _ _ 2 colour colour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | colour *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Being left-handed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t6:o2:1 # text = Being left-handed 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand** | participle | | | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Being a different species ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t6:o3:1 # text = Being a different species 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 species species NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | | a different species | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Having a broken leg ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t6:o4:1 # text = Having a broken leg 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | a broken leg | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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