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description: In a cartoon a beaver builds a cosy house with a hammer, nails and a saw. How does a real beaver build? Test 1 of lesson 242 «Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 1 · Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges

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In a cartoon a beaver builds a cosy house with a hammer, nails and a saw. How does a real beaver build?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** beaver, real beaver · **What happens:** build · **To what, where:** cosy house, cartoon

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This is test 1 of lesson 242 «Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges» 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/242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a beaver builds a cosy house with a hammer, nails and a saw.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t1:1
# text = In a cartoon a beaver builds a cosy house with a hammer, nails and a saw.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	saw	saw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | a beaver | a cosy house |  | a cartoon |  | with a hammer and nails and a saw | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent house=Theme with hammer=Source |

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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:* How does a real beaver build?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t1:2
# text = How does a real beaver build?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · do-support | a real beaver |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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With sticks glued together with honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t1:o1:1
# text = With sticks glued together with honey
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	glued	glue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | participle |  | sticks *not said here* |  |  |  | with honey; together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with honey=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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With hammers, saws and other tools it steals from people at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t1:o2:1
# text = With hammers, saws and other tools it steals from people at night
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	hammers	hammer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	saws	saw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	steals	steal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | it |  |  |  | night | with hammers and saws and other tools; from people | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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With teeth, paws and mud, pushing sticks into the bottom and plastering them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t1:o3:1
# text = With teeth, paws and mud, pushing sticks into the bottom and plastering them
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	plastering	plaster	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund |  | sticks |  | the bottom |  | with teeth and paws and mud | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme into bottom=Destination |
| 2 | **plaster** | gerund |  | sticks *= stick* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It digs a hole and never builds anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t1:o4:1
# text = It digs a hole and never builds anything
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	digs	dig	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | present | It | a hole |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **build** | present |  | anything |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset anything=Product |

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