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title: «how do they even see underwater, mate, do they wear goggles lol» — Animal builders: beavers, dams and lod… · tree and pragmatics
description: «how do they even see underwater, mate, do they wear goggles lol» Test 9 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 choice was right.
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# Test 9 · Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges

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«how do they even see underwater, mate, do they wear goggles lol»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** see, wear · **To what, where:** goggles

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t9:1
# text = «how do they even see underwater, mate, do they wear goggles lol»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	underwater	underwater	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	goggles	goggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | they |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; underwater *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **wear** *in a quote* | present · do-support | they | goggles |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent goggle=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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They have see-through eyelids that work like goggles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t9:o1:1
# text = They have see-through eyelids that work like goggles
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	see	see	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	through	thorough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	eyelids	eyelid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	goggles	goggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | see through eyelids |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyelid=Patient |
| 2 | **work** | present | see through eyelids |  |  |  |  | like goggles | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They keep their heads above the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t9:o2:1
# text = They keep their heads above the water
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | They | their heads |  | the water |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme above water=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They shut their eyes tight and swim blind, feeling their way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t9:o3:1
# text = They shut their eyes tight and swim blind, feeling their way
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shut	shut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** | present | They | their eyes |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 2 | **swim** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | blind *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **feel** | gerund | They *not said here* | eyes's way |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They see only with their whiskers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges:t9:o4:1
# text = They see only with their whiskers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | They |  |  |  |  | with their whiskers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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