--- title: «koalas are just little bears, my nan calls them koala bears» What i… — Bears by kind: the eight bears of the… · tree and pragmatics description: «koalas are just little bears, my nan calls them koala bears» What is true? Test 9 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Bears by kind: the eight bears of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world/) / t9 # Test 9 · Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world «koalas are just little bears, my nan calls them koala bears» What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** koalas, nan · **What happens:** be, call · **To what, where:** little bears, koalas · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t9:1 # text = «koalas are just little bears, my nan calls them koala bears» What is true? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 koalas koala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 koala koala NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | koalas | little bears | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my nan | koalas *= koala* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Koalas are baby pandas ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t9:o1:1 # text = Koalas are baby pandas 1 Koalas koala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pandas panda NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Koalas | baby pandas | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Koalas are not bears at all, despite the name ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t9:o2:1 # text = Koalas are not bears at all, despite the name 1 Koalas koala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 despite despite ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Koalas | bears and the name | | all | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Koalas are bears that live only in trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t9:o3:1 # text = Koalas are bears that live only in trees 1 Koalas koala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Koalas | bears | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | bears | | | trees | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Koalas are the smallest of the eight bears ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t9:o4:1 # text = Koalas are the smallest of the eight bears 1 Koalas koala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Koalas | | | | | of the eight bears; small *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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