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description: In Kung Fu Panda, Master Tigress is a strong fighter. A friend says tigers really have the word king written on their heads. What is right? Test 5 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 5 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs

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In Kung Fu Panda, Master Tigress is a strong fighter. A friend says tigers really have the word king written on their heads. What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, tigers · **What happens:** be, say, have, write · **To what, where:** strong fighter, Fu Panda, word king, heads · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» 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/382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Kung Fu Panda, Master Tigress is a strong fighter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t5:1
# text = In Kung Fu Panda, Master Tigress is a strong fighter.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	Kung	Kung	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Fu	Fu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Panda	Panda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	Tigress	Tigress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fighter	fighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **is a** | present |  | a strong fighter |  | Fu Panda and Master |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* A friend says tigers really have the word king written on their heads.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t5:2
# text = A friend says tigers really have the word king written on their heads.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | tigers | the word king |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 3 | **write** | participle |  | the word king *not said here* |  | tigers's heads |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on head=Destination |

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*Sentence 3:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t5:3
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tigers paint the mark on themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t5:o1:1
# text = Tigers paint the mark on themselves
1	Tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paint	paint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present | Tigers | the mark |  |  |  | on Tigers *= tiger* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent mark=Theme on themselves=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, every tiger has a real letter written in black on its forehead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, every tiger has a real letter written in black on its forehead
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | every tiger | a real letter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |
| 2 | **write** | participle |  | a real letter *not said here* |  | black |  | on tiger's forehead | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in black=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Chinese tigers can read

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t5:o3:1
# text = Only Chinese tigers can read
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | can | Chinese tigers |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The stripes only look a bit like the character; they are camouflage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t5:o4:1
# text = The stripes only look a bit like the character; they are camouflage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	camouflage	camouflage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the stripes | a bit |  |  |  | like the character | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bit=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | present | stripes *= stripe* | camouflage |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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