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title: In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the turtles walk on two legs and fig… — Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets:… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the turtles walk on two legs and fight with their hands. What is true of real tortoises and turtles? Test 8 of lesson 329 «Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets: heat, light and washing hands» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 8 · Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets: heat, light and was…

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In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the turtles walk on two legs and fight with their hands. What is true of real tortoises and turtles?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** turtles · **What happens:** turtle, walk, fight, be · **To what, where:** Teenage Mutant Ninja, two legs

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This is test 8 of lesson 329 «Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets: heat, light and washing hands» 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/329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the turtles walk on two legs and fight with their hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands:t8:1
# text = In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the turtles walk on two legs and fight with their hands.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	Teenage	teenage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Mutant	mutant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Ninja	Ninja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	Turtles	turtle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turtle** | present |  |  |  | Teenage Mutant Ninja |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | present | the turtles |  |  | two legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |
| 3 | **fight** | present | the turtles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with turtles's hands | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with hand=Co-Agent |

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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 true of real tortoises and turtles?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands:t8:2
# text = What is true of real tortoises and turtles?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tortoises	tortoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of real tortoises and turtles; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They walk upright like people when nobody watches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands:t8:o1:1
# text = They walk upright like people when nobody watches
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upright	upright	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
8	watches	watch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | They |  |  |  |  | like people; upright *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They walk on four legs, and the shell is part of their skeleton

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands:t8:o2:1
# text = They walk on four legs, and the shell is part of their skeleton
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | They |  |  | four legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the shell | part |  |  |  | of legs's skeleton | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They use their front legs only as arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands:t8:o3:1
# text = They use their front legs only as arms
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | They | their front legs |  |  |  | as arms | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent leg=Duration as arm=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They can unzip their shells and step out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands:t8:o4:1
# text = They can unzip their shells and step out
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	unzip	unzip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unzip** | can | They | their shells |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Patient |
| 2 | **step out** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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