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title: «there's a possum in our roof in Melbourne, same as the American one… — Raccoons, opossums and skunks · tree and pragmatics
description: «there's a possum in our roof in Melbourne, same as the American ones?» Test 6 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Raccoons, opossums and skunks

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«there's a possum in our roof in Melbourne, same as the American ones?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** possum · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t6:1
# text = «there's a possum in our roof in Melbourne, same as the American ones?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	possum	possum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a possum in our roof in Melbourne |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, they are the same animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, they are the same animal
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | the same animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, they were brought over from America on ships and let go in the bush

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, they were brought over from America on ships and let go in the bush
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring over** | past · passive |  | they |  | America |  | on ships; over *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from america=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  | the bush |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bush=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, Australian possums are rodents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t6:o3:1
# text = No, Australian possums are rodents
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	possums	possum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	rodents	rodent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Australian possums | rodents |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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No, Australian possums are a different family, though both have pouches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t6:o4:1
# text = No, Australian possums are a different family, though both have pouches
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	possums	possum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	pouches	pouch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Australian possums | a different family |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | both | pouches |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pouch=Patient |

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