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description: In Tom and Jerry, Jerry's little nephew Nibbles looks just like a tiny copy of Jerry. Why do real relatives usually look a bit different? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 6 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell

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In Tom and Jerry, Jerry's little nephew Nibbles looks just like a tiny copy of Jerry. Why do real relatives usually look a bit different?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little nephew, real relatives · **What happens:** look, copy, do · **To what, where:** Jerry

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Tom and Jerry, Jerry's little nephew Nibbles looks just like a tiny copy of Jerry.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t6:1
# text = In Tom and Jerry, Jerry's little nephew Nibbles looks just like a tiny copy of Jerry.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	Nibbles	Nibbles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
11	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Jerry's little nephew |  |  |  |  | like a tiny copy of Jerry; in Tom and Jerry | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in tom=Theme |
| 2 | **copy** |  |  | Jerry |  |  |  |  | nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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:* Why do real relatives usually look a bit different?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t6:2
# text = Why do real relatives usually look a bit different?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | real relatives *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | present | real relatives |  |  |  |  | different, usually *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only twins can share any DNA

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t6:o1:1
# text = Only twins can share any DNA
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | can | twins | any DNA |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real relatives always look exactly alike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t6:o2:1
# text = Real relatives always look exactly alike
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Real relatives |  |  |  |  | alike, always *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Relatives have no DNA in common, only the same surname

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t6:o3:1
# text = Relatives have no DNA in common, only the same surname
1	Relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Relatives | no DNA |  | common |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dna=Patient |

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

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They share only some of their DNA, mixed in different ways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t6:o4:1
# text = They share only some of their DNA, mixed in different ways
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | They | some |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mix** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | different ways |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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