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description: The blue morpho of South America looks bright blue. Where does its blue come from? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 4 · ★ · Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshop…

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The blue morpho of South America looks bright blue. Where does its blue come from?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** blue morpho · **What happens:** look, do · **To what, where:** blue come

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» 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/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The blue morpho of South America looks bright blue.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t4:1
# text = The blue morpho of South America looks bright blue.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	morpho	morpho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the blue morpho of South America |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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:* Where does its blue come from?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t4:2
# text = Where does its blue come from?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	come	come	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | morpho's blue come |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent come=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Blue blood showing through its thin wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t4:o1:1
# text = Blue blood showing through its thin wings
1	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | Blue blood *not said here* |  |  | blood's thin wings |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The shape of its scales bouncing light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t4:o2:1
# text = The shape of its scales bouncing light
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	bouncing	bounce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce** | gerund | shape's scales *not said here* | light |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The blue sky reflecting off its shiny body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t4:o3:1
# text = The blue sky reflecting off its shiny body
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	reflecting	reflect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect off** | gerund | the blue sky *not said here* | sky's shiny body |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Blue colour it gets from eating blue berries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t4:o4:1
# text = Blue colour it gets from eating blue berries
1	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Blue colour |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | Blue colour *not said here* | blue berries |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |

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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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