---
title: «turtles are thick, who eats a bag lol» Why do they do it? — What a child can do for nature · tree and pragmatics
description: «turtles are thick, who eats a bag lol» Why do they do it? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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 wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/t5/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [What a child can do for nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/) / t5

# Test 5 · ★ · What a child can do for nature

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«turtles are thick, who eats a bag lol» Why do they do it?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** turtles · **What happens:** be, eat, do · **To what, where:** bag

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t5:1
# text = «turtles are thick, who eats a bag lol» Why do they do it?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
12	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | turtles |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | present |  | a bag |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |
| 3 | **do** | present · do-support | turtles *= turtle* | bag |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turtles want to build nests with it on the beach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t5:o1:1
# text = Turtles want to build nests with it on the beach
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Turtles |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **build** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Turtles *not said here* | nests |  | the beach |  | with it | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nest=Theme with it=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turtles like the taste of plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t5:o2:1
# text = Turtles like the taste of plastic
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** |  |  | plastic |  |  |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A floating bag looks like a jellyfish, their real food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t5:o3:1
# text = A floating bag looks like a jellyfish, their real food
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	floating	floating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | a floating bag | their real food |  |  |  | like a jellyfish | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turtles eat everything they see that is blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t5:o4:1
# text = Turtles eat everything they see that is blue
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Turtles |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | present | Turtles *= turtle* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present | everything |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [What a child can do for nature, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/t4/)
- next →: [What a child can do for nature, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/t6/)
- ↑ back to [What a child can do for nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/)