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title: A raccoon sits by a stream rubbing a crayfish, a little river animal… — Raccoons, opossums and skunks · tree and pragmatics
description: A raccoon sits by a stream rubbing a crayfish, a little river animal like a tiny lobster, in the water. «aww it's washing its dinner» What is right? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 224 «Raccoons, opossums and skunks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 8 · ★ · Raccoons, opossums and skunks

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A raccoon sits by a stream rubbing a crayfish, a little river animal like a tiny lobster, in the water. «aww it's washing its dinner» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** raccoon · **What happens:** sit, rub, wash, be · **To what, where:** crayfish, water, dinner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A raccoon sits by a stream rubbing a crayfish, a little river animal like a tiny lobster, in the water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t8:1
# text = A raccoon sits by a stream rubbing a crayfish, a little river animal like a tiny lobster, in the water.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raccoon	raccoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crayfish	crayfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lobster	lobster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | a raccoon |  |  |  |  | by a stream | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by stream=Location |
| 2 | **rub** | gerund | a raccoon *not said here* | a crayfish |  | the water |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crayfish=Theme in water=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:* «aww it's washing its dinner» What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t8:2
# text = «aww it's washing its dinner» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	aww	aww	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
9	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** *in a quote* | present · progressive | raccoon | raccoon's dinner |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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It is feeling the food, since wet paws are more sensitive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t8:o1:1
# text = It is feeling the food, since wet paws are more sensitive
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
12	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present · progressive | It | the food |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | wet paws |  |  |  |  | sensitive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it is washing off the dirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, it is washing off the dirt
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash off** | present · progressive | it | the dirt |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is trying to bring the crayfish back to life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t8:o3:1
# text = It is trying to bring the crayfish back to life
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crayfish	crayfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bring back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the crayfish |  | life |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crayfish=Theme to life=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is cooling the food down in the cold water before it eats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks:t8:o4:1
# text = It is cooling the food down in the cold water before it eats
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cooling	cool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | present · progressive | It | the food |  | the cold water |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | present | food |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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