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title: In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends the whole film chasing a singl… — Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marm… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends the whole film chasing a single acorn. What do real grey squirrels do? Test 1 of lesson 317 «Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, porcupines, chinchillas and dormice» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 1 · Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, p…

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In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends the whole film chasing a single acorn. What do real grey squirrels do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** squirrel, whole film, real grey squirrels · **What happens:** spend, chase, be, do · **To what, where:** whole film, Ice Age, single acorn

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This is test 1 of lesson 317 «Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, porcupines, chinchillas and dormice» 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/317-rodents-of-every-kind-squirrels-marmots-prairie-dogs-porcupines-chinchillas-and-dormice/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends the whole film chasing a single acorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:317-rodents-of-every-kind-squirrels-marmots-prairie-dogs-porcupines-chinchillas-and-dormice:t1:1
# text = In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends the whole film chasing a single acorn.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Scrat	Scrat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spends	spend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	acorn	acorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | present | the squirrel | the whole film |  |  | in Ice Age |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Asset |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund | the whole film *not said here* | a single acorn |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme |

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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 do real grey squirrels do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:317-rodents-of-every-kind-squirrels-marmots-prairie-dogs-porcupines-chinchillas-and-dormice:t1:2
# text = What do real grey squirrels do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | real grey squirrels |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Bury thousands of nuts in different places and find many by memory and smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:317-rodents-of-every-kind-squirrels-marmots-prairie-dogs-porcupines-chinchillas-and-dormice:t1:o1:1
# text = Bury thousands of nuts in different places and find many by memory and smell
1	Bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | imperative | you *not said here* | thousands of nuts |  | different places |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thousand=Theme in place=Destination |
| 2 | **find** | present | you *not said here* | many |  |  |  | by memory and smell | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bury all their nuts in one big hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:317-rodents-of-every-kind-squirrels-marmots-prairie-dogs-porcupines-chinchillas-and-dormice:t1:o2:1
# text = Bury all their nuts in one big hole
1	Bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | imperative | you *not said here* | their nuts |  | one big hole |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent nut=Theme in hole=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep just one nut for their whole life and guard it from every other squirrel

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:317-rodents-of-every-kind-squirrels-marmots-prairie-dogs-porcupines-chinchillas-and-dormice:t1:o3:1
# text = Keep just one nut for their whole life and guard it from every other squirrel
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	guard	guard	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | one nut |  |  |  | for their whole life | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme |
| 2 | **guard** | infinitive | you *not said here* | nut |  |  |  | from every other squirrel | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary from squirrel=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never store any food for winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:317-rodents-of-every-kind-squirrels-marmots-prairie-dogs-porcupines-chinchillas-and-dormice:t1:o4:1
# text = Never store any food for winter
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	store	store	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **store** | imperative | you *not said here* | any food |  |  | winter |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

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