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What is missing? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, that · **What happens:** win, be · **To what, where:** puppy, cartoon, whole story This is test 6 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a girl wins a puppy at a fair and that is the whole story. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t6:1 # text = In a cartoon a girl wins a puppy at a fair and that is the whole story. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | a girl | a puppy | | a cartoon | | at a fair and the whole story | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme at fair=Asset | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | the whole story | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is missing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t6:2 # text = What is missing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | missing *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A bigger prize ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t6:o1:1 # text = A bigger prize 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The fair ticket ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t6:o2:1 # text = The fair ticket 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ticket ticket NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Who feeds, walks and pays for it for many years ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t6:o3:1 # text = Who feeds, walks and pays for it for many years 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feeds feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 pays pay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | present | | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk** | present | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pay** | present | | | | | year | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The puppy's name tag and a shiny new collar ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t6:o4:1 # text = The puppy's name tag and a shiny new collar 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 tag tag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 shiny shiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tag** | | the puppy | | | | | | nom tag «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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