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title: «they found a NEW species?? surely there's nothing left to find» Wha… — Animals in the news: true stories, fak… · tree and pragmatics
description: «they found a NEW species?? surely there's nothing left to find» What is true? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 296 «Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read them» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read t…

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«they found a NEW species?? surely there's nothing left to find» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, nothing · **What happens:** find, be, leave · **To what, where:** NEW species · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 296 «Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read them» 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/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t8:1
# text = «they found a NEW species?? surely there's nothing left to find» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	csubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	NEW	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
8	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** *in a quote* | past | they | a NEW species |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Topic |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing |  |  | there |  | surely *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *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 {#o1}

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Only new dinosaurs are ever found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t8:o1:1
# text = Only new dinosaurs are ever found
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · passive |  | new dinosaurs |  |  | ever |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, the last new species was found long ago, before your grandparents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t8:o2:1
# text = No, the last new species was found long ago, before your grandparents
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | the last new species |  |  | before your grandparents | ago *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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

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Thousands are named every year, mostly small animals and plants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t8:o3:1
# text = Thousands are named every year, mostly small animals and plants
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present · passive |  | Thousands |  |  | year | small animals and plants *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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New species appear only in films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t8:o4:1
# text = New species appear only in films
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | New species |  |  | films |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location |

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