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title: In the cartoon the ground sloth is small and silly. What was Megathe… — Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the cartoon the ground sloth is small and silly. What was Megatherium really like? Test 5 of lesson 272 «Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground sloths and woolly rhinos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 5 · Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground slot…

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In the cartoon the ground sloth is small and silly. What was Megatherium really like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ground sloth, Megatherium · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 5 of lesson 272 «Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground sloths and woolly rhinos» 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/272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the cartoon the ground sloth is small and silly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t5:1
# text = In the cartoon the ground sloth is small and silly.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sloth	sloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ground sloth |  |  | the cartoon |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the ground sloth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What was Megatherium really like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t5:2
# text = What was Megatherium really like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	Megatherium	Megatherium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Megatherium |  |  |  |  | like *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A sloth that lived in the sea and swam after fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t5:o1:1
# text = A sloth that lived in the sea and swam after fish
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sloth	sloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
9	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a sloth |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |
| 2 | **swim** | past | a sloth |  |  |  | after fish |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A meat-eater with long sharp fangs that hunted deer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t5:o2:1
# text = A meat-eater with long sharp fangs that hunted deer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eater	eater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fangs	fang	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past | long sharp fangs | deer |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Small enough to sit on your lap and sleep all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t5:o3:1
# text = Small enough to sit on your lap and sleep all day
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | your lap |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on lap=Location |
| 2 | **sleep** | present |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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As big as an elephant, standing up to reach leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t5:o4:1
# text = As big as an elephant, standing up to reach leaves
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | leaves |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |

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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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