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description: «dams are clean power so they're all good, end of» What is the careful answer? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 379 «China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji, Chinese alligators and sturgeon» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 7 · ★★ · China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji…

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«dams are clean power so they're all good, end of» What is the careful answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dams · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** clean power, careful answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 379 «China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji, Chinese alligators and sturgeon» 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/379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon:t7:1
# text = «dams are clean power so they're all good, end of» What is the careful answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dams	dam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nmod	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | dams | clean power |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | dams *= dam* |  |  |  | end | all, good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the careful answer |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Dams help fish lay more eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon:t7:o1:1
# text = Dams help fish lay more eggs
1	Dams	dam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Dams | fish |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent fish=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **lay** | infinitive | fish *not said here* | more eggs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dams never harm anything, because the water still flows through them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon:t7:o2:1
# text = Dams never harm anything, because the water still flows through them
1	Dams	dam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	harm	harm	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **harm** | present | Dams | anything |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anything=Experiencer |
| 2 | **flow** | present | the water |  |  |  | still | through Dams *= dam* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Dams make clean power but can block fish from where they lay eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon:t7:o3:1
# text = Dams make clean power but can block fish from where they lay eggs
1	Dams	dam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Dams | clean power |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset power=Product |
| 2 | **block** | can | Dams *not said here* | fish |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer fish=Theme |
| 3 | **lay** | present | Dams *= dam* | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Dams make rivers dirtier only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon:t7:o4:1
# text = Dams make rivers dirtier only
1	Dams	dam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	dirtier	dirty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Dams | rivers |  |  |  | dirty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset river=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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