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title: A cartoon chameleon turns tartan on a picnic blanket to hide. What's… — Snakes and lizards · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon chameleon turns tartan on a picnic blanket to hide. What's the truth? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Snakes and lizards» 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 4 · ★★★ · Snakes and lizards

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A cartoon chameleon turns tartan on a picnic blanket to hide. What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon chameleon, truth · **What happens:** turn, hide, be · **To what, where:** tartan, picnic blanket

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Snakes and lizards» 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/30-snakes-and-lizards/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon chameleon turns tartan on a picnic blanket to hide.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:30-snakes-and-lizards:t4:1
# text = A cartoon chameleon turns tartan on a picnic blanket to hide.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chameleon	chameleon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tartan	tartan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | a cartoon chameleon | tartan |  | a picnic blanket |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tartan=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | a cartoon chameleon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:30-snakes-and-lizards:t4:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Chameleons can copy any pattern they sit on, even tartan and spots and stripes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:30-snakes-and-lizards:t4:o1:1
# text = Chameleons can copy any pattern they sit on, even tartan and spots and stripes
1	Chameleons	chameleon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	tartan	tartan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | can | Chameleons | any pattern |  |  |  | tartan and spots and stripes *obl* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Theme |
| 2 | **sit on** | present | Chameleons *= chameleon* | any pattern *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pattern=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chameleons are always green

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:30-snakes-and-lizards:t4:o2:1
# text = Chameleons are always green
1	Chameleons	chameleon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Chameleons |  |  |  |  | always, green *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Chameleons change colour mostly for mood and temperature, not to hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:30-snakes-and-lizards:t4:o3:1
# text = Chameleons change colour mostly for mood and temperature, not to hide
1	Chameleons	chameleon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Chameleons | colour |  |  |  | for mood and temperature; mostly *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent colour=Theme for mood=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **not** **hide** | to-infinitive | Chameleons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chameleons change colour only when asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:30-snakes-and-lizards:t4:o4:1
# text = Chameleons change colour only when asleep
1	Chameleons	chameleon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Chameleons | colour |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |

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