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description: «saw a bear that's half white half brown in canada, a pizzly??» What could it be? Test 10 of lesson 319 «Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world» 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 10 · Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world

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«saw a bear that's half white half brown in canada, a pizzly??» What could it be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bear · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** bear, canada

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This is test 10 of lesson 319 «Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world» 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/319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «saw a bear that's half white half brown in canada, a pizzly??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t10:1
# text = «saw a bear that's half white half brown in canada, a pizzly??»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	advmod	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	10	compound	_	_
10	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pizzly	pizzly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | a bear |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a bear |  |  | canada |  | brown *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What could it be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t10:2
# text = What could it be?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **can** | could | bear |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A polar bear that rolled in brown mud and could never wash it out again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t10:o1:1
# text = A polar bear that rolled in brown mud and could never wash it out again
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | past | a polar bear |  |  | brown mud |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **wash out** | could | a polar bear *not said here* | mud |  |  | again |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A panda painted by a joker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t10:o2:1
# text = A panda painted by a joker
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	panda	panda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	joker	joker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  | a panda *not said here* |  |  |  | by a joker | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent by joker=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Impossible, bears never mix

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t10:o3:1
# text = Impossible, bears never mix
1	Impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	mix	mix	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mix** | present | Impossible bears |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A wild hybrid of a grizzly and a polar bear, which has been found there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t10:o4:1
# text = A wild hybrid of a grizzly and a polar bear, which has been found there
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hybrid	hybrid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grizzly	grizzly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · perfect · passive |  | a wild hybrid of a grizzly and a polar bear |  | there |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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