--- title: Why would a huge amphibian need cold water full of oxygen? — China's mountains: golden snub-nosed m… · tree and pragmatics description: Why would a huge amphibian need cold water full of oxygen? Test 11 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/t11/) [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/) / [China's mountains: golden snub-nosed m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/) / t11 # Test 11 · China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-… Why would a huge amphibian need cold water full of oxygen? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** need · **To what, where:** cold water This is test 11 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» 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/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t11:1 # text = Why would a huge amphibian need cold water full of oxygen? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 amphibian amphibian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | | cold water | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme | 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} It cannot see well in warm water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t11:o1:1 # text = It cannot see well in warm water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | can | It | | | warm water | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It must stay frozen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t11:o2:1 # text = It must stay frozen 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | must | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Warm water is too salty for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t11:o3:1 # text = Warm water is too salty for it 1 Warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Warm water | | | | | for it; salty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It takes much of its oxygen through its skin from the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t11:o4:1 # text = It takes much of its oxygen through its skin from the water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | It | much of its oxygen | | oxygen's skin | | from the water | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent much=Theme from water=Initial\_Location | **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. 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