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title: A haystack hangs in a desert tree in the Kalahari. Who lives there? — Animal builders: termite mounds, weave… · tree and pragmatics
description: A haystack hangs in a desert tree in the Kalahari. Who lives there? Test 8 of lesson 243 «Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other nest makers» 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
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# Test 8 · Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other ne…

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A haystack hangs in a desert tree in the Kalahari. Who lives there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** haystack · **What happens:** hang, live · **To what, where:** desert tree

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This is test 8 of lesson 243 «Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other nest makers» 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/243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A haystack hangs in a desert tree in the Kalahari.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t8:1
# text = A haystack hangs in a desert tree in the Kalahari.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	haystack	haystack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Kalahari	Kalahari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | present | a haystack |  |  | a desert tree in the Kalahari |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |

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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:* Who lives there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t8:2
# text = Who lives there?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody, because farmers store their hay up there for the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t8:o1:1
# text = Nobody, because farmers store their hay up there for the winter
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	store	store	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | present | Nobody | farmers's hay |  | there | winter |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Theme |

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

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Over a hundred sociable weavers in separate rooms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t8:o2:1
# text = Over a hundred sociable weavers in separate rooms
1	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	sociable	sociable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weavers	weaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A single huge eagle and its chick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t8:o3:1
# text = A single huge eagle and its chick
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A family of monkeys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers:t8:o4:1
# text = A family of monkeys
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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