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title: How could two careful studies of the zone seem to disagree? — The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals c… · tree and pragmatics
description: How could two careful studies of the zone seem to disagree? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 376 «The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what is still argued» 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 
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what i…

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How could two careful studies of the zone seem to disagree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two careful studies · **What happens:** seem, disagree, study · **To what, where:** zone

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 376 «The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what is still argued» 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/376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t6:1
# text = How could two careful studies of the zone seem to disagree?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	studies	study	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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 | **seem** | could | two careful studies of the zone |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **disagree** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **study** |  |  | the zone |  |  |  |  | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Radiation changes the numbers on cameras

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t6:o1:1
# text = Radiation changes the numbers on cameras
1	Radiation	Radiation	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cameras	camera	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Radiation | the numbers |  | cameras |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Animals hide from one team only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t6:o2:1
# text = Animals hide from one team only
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Animals |  |  | one team |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from team=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One of the scientists must be lying about what he saw there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t6:o3:1
# text = One of the scientists must be lying about what he saw there
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | must · progressive | One of the scientists |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about what=Location |
| 2 | **see** | past | he |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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One looks at the worst spots, the other at the whole zone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t6:o4:1
# text = One looks at the worst spots, the other at the whole zone
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | One |  |  |  |  | at the worst spots | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at spot=Theme |

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