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title: «lynx in Scotland?? they'll eat kids» What is right? — Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Brit… · tree and pragmatics
description: «lynx in Scotland?? they'll eat kids» What is right? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 283 «Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nature back» 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 8 · ★ · Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nat…

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«lynx in Scotland?? they'll eat kids» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lynx · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** kids · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 283 «Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nature back» 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/283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t8:1
# text = «lynx in Scotland?? they'll eat kids» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lynx	lynx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	??	??	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | future | lynx in Scotland | kids |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lynx eat only sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t8:o1:1
# text = Lynx eat only sheep
1	Lynx	Lynx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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

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

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Lynx are shy, eat deer and are not known to attack people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t8:o2:1
# text = Lynx are shy, eat deer and are not known to attack people
1	Lynx	Lynx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lynx |  |  |  |  | shy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | Lynx *not said here* | deer |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **know** | present · passive | Lynx *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **attack** | to-infinitive | Lynx *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lynx are as big as lions and hunt anything they can find

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t8:o3:1
# text = Lynx are as big as lions and hunt anything they can find
1	Lynx	Lynx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lynx |  |  |  |  | as lions; big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | Lynx *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | can | lions *= lion* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, lynx hunt children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, lynx hunt children
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	lynx	lynx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | lynx | children |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

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