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description: «shut up and tell me why the giraffe's neck's so long» Which is the best answer? Test 10 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds

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«shut up and tell me why the giraffe's neck's so long» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, neck · **What happens:** shut up, tell, be · **To what, where:** me, best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» 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/4-the-savanna/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:t10:1
# text = «shut up and tell me why the giraffe's neck's so long» Which is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the giraffe's neck |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the best 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is long so the giraffe can sleep standing up without falling over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:t10:o1:1
# text = It is long so the giraffe can sleep standing up without falling over
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	over	over	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | can | the giraffe |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand up** | gerund | the giraffe *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fall over** | gerund | the giraffe *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It reaches leaves high up, where other animals cannot compete

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:t10:o2:1
# text = It reaches leaves high up, where other animals cannot compete
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	compete	compete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present | It | leaves |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **compete** | can | other animals |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It helps the giraffe swim across rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:t10:o3:1
# text = It helps the giraffe swim across rivers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** | present | the giraffe |  |  | rivers |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across river=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is for fighting crocodiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:t10:o4:1
# text = It is for fighting crocodiles
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	aux	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present · progressive | It | crocodiles |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crocodile=Co-Agent |

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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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