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title: «grandma says theres a rabbit living on the moon, true??» What is ri… — The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real an… · tree and pragmatics
description: «grandma says theres a rabbit living on the moon, true??» What is right? Test 6 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 6 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs

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«grandma says theres a rabbit living on the moon, true??» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandma, rabbit · **What happens:** say, live, be · **To what, where:** theres, moon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «grandma says theres a rabbit living on the moon, true??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t6:1
# text = «grandma says theres a rabbit living on the moon, true??»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	theres	there	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	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* *in a quote* | present | grandma | theres |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent there=Topic |
| 2 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | a rabbit *not said here* |  |  | the moon |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location |

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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:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t6:2
# 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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Yes, astronauts saw it hopping about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, astronauts saw it hopping about
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | astronauts | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hop about** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is a cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t6:o2:1
# text = No, it is a cat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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No living rabbit; it is a shape we see in old lava plains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t6:o3:1
# text = No living rabbit; it is a shape we see in old lava plains
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | no living rabbit | a shape |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present | we | a shape *not said here* |  | old lava plains |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Yutu is a real rabbit up there, it was sent with the rover

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, Yutu is a real rabbit up there, it was sent with the rover
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Yutu	Yutu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rover	rover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Yutu | a real rabbit |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | past · passive | a real rabbit *not said here* | rabbit |  |  |  | with the rover | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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