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title: In an ice age cartoon two opossum brothers hang upside down by their… — Raccoons, opossums and skunks · tree and pragmatics
description: In an ice age cartoon two opossum brothers hang upside down by their tails all day. What is true? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 224 «Raccoons, opossums and skunks» 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 rig
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# Test 2 · ★ · Raccoons, opossums and skunks

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In an ice age cartoon two opossum brothers hang upside down by their tails all day. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two opossum brothers · **What happens:** hang down, be · **To what, where:** upside, age cartoon

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 224 «Raccoons, opossums and skunks» 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/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In an ice age cartoon two opossum brothers hang upside down by their tails all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t2:1
# text = In an ice age cartoon two opossum brothers hang upside down by their tails all day.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	opossum	opossum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hang	hang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	upside	upside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang down** | present | two opossum brothers | upside |  | a age cartoon | day | by brothers's tails; down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upside=Theme in cartoon=Destination |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t2:2
# text = What is true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Adult opossums cannot hang by their tails for long; young ones only briefly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t2:o1:1
# text = Adult opossums cannot hang by their tails for long; young ones only briefly
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	opossums	opossum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	briefly	briefly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hang** | can | Adult opossums | young ones |  |  |  | by opossums's tails; for long; briefly *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme by tail=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real opossums have no tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t2:o2:1
# text = Real opossums have no tails
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	opossums	opossum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Real opossums | no tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real opossums sleep hanging by their tails every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t2:o3:1
# text = Real opossums sleep hanging by their tails every night
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	opossums	opossum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | Real opossums |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | gerund | Real opossums *not said here* |  |  |  | night | by opossums's tails | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tail=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real opossums hang upside down by their ears, not their tails, all day long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t2:o4:1
# text = Real opossums hang upside down by their ears, not their tails, all day long
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	opossums	opossum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hang	hang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upside	upside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang down** | present | Real opossums | upside |  |  |  | by opossums's ears; opossums's tails *obl*; down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upside=Theme by ear=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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