---
title: In a cartoon, a mole pops up wearing big glasses and a hard hat. Wha… — Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-n… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a mole pops up wearing big glasses and a hard hat. What does a real star-nosed mole use to find food in the dark? Test 5 of lesson 366 «Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas, pangolins and hagfish» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/t5/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-n…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/) / t5

# Test 5 · Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a cartoon, a mole pops up wearing big glasses and a hard hat. What does a real star-nosed mole use to find food in the dark?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mole, real nosed mole · **What happens:** pop up, wear, do, nose, use, find · **To what, where:** cartoon, big glasses, food, dark

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 5 of lesson 366 «Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas, pangolins and hagfish» 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/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/#t5).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a mole pops up wearing big glasses and a hard hat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a mole pops up wearing big glasses and a hard hat.
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	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pops	pop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop up** | present | a mole |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | a mole *not said here* | big glasses and a hard hat |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What does a real star-nosed mole use to find food in the dark?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t5:2
# text = What does a real star-nosed mole use to find food in the dark?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	nosed	nose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **nose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | present | a real nosed mole |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | a real nosed mole *not said here* | food |  | the dark |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A star of touch sensors and sniffs of bubbles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t5:o1:1
# text = A star of touch sensors and sniffs of bubbles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sniffs	sniff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sniff** |  |  | bubbles |  |  |  |  | nom sniff «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loud shouting that scares the worms out of the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t5:o2:1
# text = Loud shouting that scares the worms out of the soil
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scares	scare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | present | Loud shouting | the worms |  | the soil |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus worm=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A little torch strapped to its head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t5:o3:1
# text = A little torch strapped to its head
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	strapped	strap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strap** | participle |  | a little torch *not said here* |  |  |  | to torch's head | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to head=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Big glasses that help its tiny eyes see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t5:o4:1
# text = Big glasses that help its tiny eyes see
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Big glasses | its tiny eyes |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **see** | present | Big glasses |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-n…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/t4/)
- next →: [Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-n…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/t6/)
- ↑ back to [Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas, pangolins and hagfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/)