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title: «that cocoon's tiny, the thread must be like 2 cm» What is right? — Silkworms and goldfish: two animals Ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: «that cocoon's tiny, the thread must be like 2 cm» What is right? Test 6 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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 6 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed

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«that cocoon's tiny, the thread must be like 2 cm» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tiny thread, 2 cm · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t6:1
# text = «that cocoon's tiny, the thread must be like 2 cm» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	cocoon	cocoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	cm	cm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | must | the tiny thread |  |  |  |  | like 2 cm | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | 2 cm |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, it is about 2 cm long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, it is about 2 cm long
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	cm	cm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 2 cm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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One thread can be longer than five football pitches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t6:o2:1
# text = One thread can be longer than five football pitches
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	pitches	pitch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | One thread |  |  |  |  | than five football pitches; long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is as long as one ruler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t6:o3:1
# text = It is as long as one ruler
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | as one ruler; long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is made of no thread at all, only of dried hardened spit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t6:o4:1
# text = It is made of no thread at all, only of dried hardened spit
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
13	hardened	harden	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | It |  | all |  | of no thread; of dried hardened spit | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **harden** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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