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title: «Mia says lemmings jump off cliffs together, saw it in a film» What… — Cartoon pets and animal myths put right · tree and pragmatics
description: «Mia says lemmings jump off cliffs together, saw it in a film» What is true? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right

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«Mia says lemmings jump off cliffs together, saw it in a film» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mia, lemmings, film · **What happens:** say, jump off, see, be · **To what, where:** cliffs, it, film · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t2:1
# text = «Mia says lemmings jump off cliffs together, saw it in a film» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **jump off** *in a quote* | present | lemmings | cliffs |  |  |  | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cliff=Trajectory |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | past | lemmings *not said here* | it |  | a film |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | present | a film |  |  |  |  | true *property* | 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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They jump off to fly to warm places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t2:o1:1
# text = They jump off to fly to warm places
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to warm places *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to place=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That old film was staged; real lemmings do not jump on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t2:o2:1
# text = That old film was staged; real lemmings do not jump on purpose
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	staged	stage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stage** | past · passive |  | that old film |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **jump** | present · do-support | real lemmings |  |  | purpose |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only the baby lemmings jump off, while their parents watch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t2:o3:1
# text = Only the baby lemmings jump off, while their parents watch
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | present | the baby lemmings |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | present | lemmings's parents |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They really do it every spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t2:o4:1
# text = They really do it every spring
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | They | it |  |  | spring |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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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