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title: A boy sees a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy. What is the vide… — Choosing a pet: the questions to ask f… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy sees a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy. What is the video not showing? Test 9 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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 9 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

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A boy sees a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy. What is the video not showing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, video · **What happens:** see, not be · **To what, where:** cute video

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy sees a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t9:1
# text = A boy sees a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	nappy	nappy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a boy | a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer video=Stimulus |

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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 is the video not showing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t9:2
# text = What is the video not showing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | the video |  |  |  |  | show *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Monkeys become calmer every year at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t9:o1:1
# text = Monkeys become calmer every year at home
1	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | Monkeys | every year |  | home |  | calm *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Monkeys love nappies more than trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t9:o2:1
# text = Monkeys love nappies more than trees
1	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nappies	nappy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Monkeys | nappies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Monkeys need nothing but bananas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t9:o3:1
# text = Monkeys need nothing but bananas
1	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Monkeys | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme |

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

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Monkeys often become unhappy, bite and need groups and space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t9:o4:1
# text = Monkeys often become unhappy, bite and need groups and space
1	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | Monkeys |  |  |  |  | often, unhappy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **bite** | present | Monkeys *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **need** | present | Monkeys *not said here* | groups and space |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot group=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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