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title: «elephant painted a flower at the zoo, so it's an artist innit» What… — Animal minds: elephants' memory, feeli… · tree and pragmatics
description: «elephant painted a flower at the zoo, so it's an artist innit» What is more accurate? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 236 «Animal minds: elephants' memory, feelings and the mouse myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Animal minds: elephants' memory, feelings and the mouse myth

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«elephant painted a flower at the zoo, so it's an artist innit» What is more accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elephant · **What happens:** paint, be · **To what, where:** flower, zoo, artist innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 236 «Animal minds: elephants' memory, feelings and the mouse myth» 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/236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:t2:1
# text = «elephant painted a flower at the zoo, so it's an artist innit» What is more accurate?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	csubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	20	advmod	_	_
20	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** *in a quote* | past | elephant | a flower |  | the zoo |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent flower=Theme at zoo=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | elephant | a artist innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *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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Yes, elephants paint in the wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, elephants paint in the wild
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	paint	paint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present | elephants |  |  | the wild |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in wild=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Elephants paint flowers to send messages to other elephants far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:t2:o2:1
# text = Elephants paint flowers to send messages to other elephants far away
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paint	paint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present | Elephants | flowers |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent flower=Destination |
| 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | Elephants *not said here* | messages | other elephants |  |  | away *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to elephant=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Elephants paint better than people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:t2:o3:1
# text = Elephants paint better than people
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paint	paint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present | Elephants |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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It was trained and guided, and the show is mostly for tourists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:t2:o4:1
# text = It was trained and guided, and the show is mostly for tourists
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	guided	guide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	tourists	tourist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for tourists | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **guide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | the show |  |  |  |  | mostly *property* | tree rules |

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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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