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title: «zebras in Ukraine?? that's fake» What is right? — Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, g… · tree and pragmatics
description: «zebras in Ukraine?? that's fake» What is right? Test 9 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and As…

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«zebras in Ukraine?? that's fake» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zebras · **What happens:** be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» 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/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t9:1
# text = «zebras in Ukraine?? that's fake» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	??	??	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | zebras in Ukraine |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Zebras have always lived wild in Ukraine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t9:o1:1
# text = Zebras have always lived wild in Ukraine
1	Zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present · perfect | Zebras |  |  | Ukraine |  | always, wild *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ukraine=Location |

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

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Askania-Nova keeps animals from many continents, zebras too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t9:o2:1
# text = Askania-Nova keeps animals from many continents, zebras too
1	Askania	Askania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Nova	Nova	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	continents	continent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Askania |  | animals | many continents and zebras |  |  | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer animal=Beneficiary from continent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Zebras are a kind of Ukrainian horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t9:o3:1
# text = Zebras are a kind of Ukrainian horse
1	Zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Zebras | a kind |  |  |  | of Ukrainian horse | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The photo must be from Africa, because zebras cannot live in cold places

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t9:o4:1
# text = The photo must be from Africa, because zebras cannot live in cold places
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must |  |  |  | Africa |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **live** | can | the photo |  |  | cold places |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

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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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