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title: How can the biggest animal ever live on some of the smallest? — The microscopic world: tardigrades, mi… · tree and pragmatics
description: How can the biggest animal ever live on some of the smallest? Test 5 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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 
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# Test 5 · The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and ot…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How can the biggest animal ever live on some of the smallest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** live · **To what, where:** biggest animal, some

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This is test 5 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t5:1
# text = How can the biggest animal ever live on some of the smallest?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present |  | the biggest animal |  | some | ever |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on some=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It gulps huge amounts of tiny krill, several tonnes a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t5:o1:1
# text = It gulps huge amounts of tiny krill, several tonnes a day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gulps	gulp	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tonnes	tonne	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gulp** | present | It | huge amounts of tiny krill |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **amount** |  |  | tiny krill |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It eats only one krill a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t5:o2:1
# text = It eats only one krill a week
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | It | one krill |  |  | week |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent krill=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It eats the krill's eggs, which are huge, as big as footballs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t5:o3:1
# text = It eats the krill's eggs, which are huge, as big as footballs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	footballs	football	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | It | the krill's eggs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the krill's eggs |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It does not eat at all, it just drinks water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t5:o4:1
# text = It does not eat at all, it just drinks water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present · do-support | It |  |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drink** | present | it | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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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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