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title: Why is a lynx almost never seen even where it lives? — Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a lynx almost never seen even where it lives? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 372 «Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian brown bears» 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 8 · ★ · Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian…

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Why is a lynx almost never seen even where it lives?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lynx · **What happens:** not be, live · **To what, where:** lynx

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 372 «Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian brown bears» 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/372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t8:1
# text = Why is a lynx almost never seen even where it lives?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lynx	lynx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present · passive |  | a lynx |  |  |  | almost, see *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | lynx |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It only comes out of its den once a year, in spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t8:o1:1
# text = It only comes out of its den once a year, in spring
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	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	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | It | its den |  |  | spring | once *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient den=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is rare, shy and hunts quietly in thick forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t8:o2:1
# text = It is rare, shy and hunts quietly in thick forest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | rare *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hunt** | present |  |  |  | thick forest |  | quietly *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It lives only in deep caves high up in the mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t8:o3:1
# text = It lives only in deep caves high up in the mountains
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | It |  |  | deep caves |  | in the mountains | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its fur makes it completely invisible all summer long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t8:o4:1
# text = Its fur makes it completely invisible all summer long
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Its fur | it |  |  | summer | invisible, long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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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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