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title: in peter pan the croc swallows a clock and wants to chew up captain… — Crocodiles and alligators · tree and pragmatics
description: in peter pan the croc swallows a clock and wants to chew up captain hook. what's wrong with that? Test 1 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» 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 1 · Crocodiles and alligators

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in peter pan the croc swallows a clock and wants to chew up captain hook. what's wrong with that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** croc · **What happens:** swallow, want, chew up, be · **To what, where:** clock, peter pan, captain hook

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This is test 1 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» 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/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t1:1
# text = in peter pan the croc swallows a clock and wants to chew up captain hook. what's wrong with that?
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	peter	peter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	croc	croc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swallows	swallow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | the croc | a clock |  | peter pan |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | present | the croc *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **chew up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the croc *not said here* | captain hook |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hook=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with that; wrong *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Real crocodiles can't chew; they tear off chunks and swallow them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t1:o1:1
# text = Real crocodiles can't chew; they tear off chunks and swallow them
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	tear	tear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	chunks	chunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **chew** | can | Real crocodiles |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tear off** | present | crocodiles *= crocodile* | chunks |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location chunk=Theme |
| 3 | **swallow** | infinitive | crocodiles *= crocodile* *not said here* | chunks *= chunk* |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real crocodiles only eat clocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t1:o2:1
# text = Real crocodiles only eat clocks
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, crocodiles chew like we do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t1:o3:1
# text = Nothing, crocodiles chew like we do
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chew	chew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | present | Nothing crocodiles |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real crocodiles chew their food slowly with big flat back teeth, like cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t1:o4:1
# text = Real crocodiles chew their food slowly with big flat back teeth, like cows
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chew	chew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	flat	flat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | present | Real crocodiles | crocodiles's food |  |  |  | with flat teeth and cows; slowly *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

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