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title: A girl in Devon sees two hares standing up and boxing in a March fie… — The real animals of Wonderland: the do… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Devon sees two hares standing up and boxing in a March field. What is most likely happening? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 401 «The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, the March hare, flamingos and hedgehogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…

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A girl in Devon sees two hares standing up and boxing in a March field. What is most likely happening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, two hares · **What happens:** see, stand up, box, be, happen · **To what, where:** two hares, field

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 401 «The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, the March hare, flamingos and hedgehogs» 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/401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Devon sees two hares standing up and boxing in a March field.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t4:1
# text = A girl in Devon sees two hares standing up and boxing in a March field.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Devon	Devon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	boxing	box	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:unmarked	_	_
15	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a girl in Devon | two hares |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hare=Stimulus |
| 2 | **stand up** | gerund | two hares *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **box** | gerund | two hares *not said here* |  |  | a field  March |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in field=Destination |

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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 most likely happening?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t4:2
# text = What is most likely happening?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A female is fending off a male who is chasing her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t4:o1:1
# text = A female is fending off a male who is chasing her
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fending	fend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fend off** | present · progressive | a female | a male |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chase** | present · progressive | a male | female |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two brothers are playing a game they learned as babies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t4:o2:1
# text = Two brothers are playing a game they learned as babies
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present · progressive | Two brothers | a game |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | past | brothers *= brother* | a game *not said here* |  |  |  | as babies | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A hare is boxing its own reflection in a puddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t4:o3:1
# text = A hare is boxing its own reflection in a puddle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	boxing	box	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	puddle	puddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **box** | present · progressive | a hare | hare's own reflection |  | a puddle |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent reflection=Theme in puddle=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Two hares are fighting over a carrot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:401-the-real-animals-of-wonderland-dodo-dormouse-hare-flamingo-hedgehog:t4:o4:1
# text = Two hares are fighting over a carrot
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carrot	carrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present · progressive | Two hares |  |  |  |  | over a carrot | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over carrot=Theme |

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