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# Test 5 · ★ · Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bee…

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«dark tank at the zoo, the snake still hit the warm toy, how?? it's pitch black» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dark tank, snake · **What happens:** hit, be · **To what, where:** warm toy, pitch

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» 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/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t5:1
# text = «dark tank at the zoo, the snake still hit the warm toy, how?? it's pitch black» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
21	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
23	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | dark tank at the zoo | the warm toy |  |  | still |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme toy=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | snake | pitch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Pits on its face feel heat, so it «sees» warm things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t5:o1:1
# text = Pits on its face feel heat, so it «sees» warm things
1	Pits	pit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | infinitive | Pits on its face | heat |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme thing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | heat |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Snakes have little torches in their eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t5:o2:1
# text = Snakes have little torches in their eyes
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Snakes | little torches |  | Snakes's eyes |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It guessed by luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t5:o3:1
# text = It guessed by luck
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	guessed	guess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | past | It |  |  |  |  | by luck | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It heard the toy breathing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t5:o4:1
# text = It heard the toy breathing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	breathing	breathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | It | the toy breathing |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer breathing=Stimulus |

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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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