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title: Why does the Mock Turtle in the pictures have hooves and a calf's he… — Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the Mock Turtle in the pictures have hooves and a calf's head? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 402 «Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whiting, turtles, the Mock Turtle, the Gryphon and the Caterpillar» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whi…

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Why does the Mock Turtle in the pictures have hooves and a calf's head?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mock Turtle, pictures · **What happens:** do, have · **To what, where:** hooves

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 402 «Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whiting, turtles, the Mock Turtle, the Gryphon and the Caterpillar» 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/402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t2:1
# text = Why does the Mock Turtle in the pictures have hooves and a calf's head?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the Mock Turtle |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | the pictures | hooves and a calf's head |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoove=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Because the pretend soup was made from a calf's head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t2:o1:1
# text = Because the pretend soup was made from a calf's head
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	pretend	pretend	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the pretend soup |  | a calf's head |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from head=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because Carroll did not know what a turtle looks like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t2:o2:1
# text = Because Carroll did not know what a turtle looks like
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	Carroll	Carroll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Carroll |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **look** | present | a turtle |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because he is half cow, like the Gryphon is half lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t2:o3:1
# text = Because he is half cow, like the Gryphon is half lion
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	amod	_	_
5	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	12	amod	_	_
12	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | half cow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Gryphon |  |  |  |  | like half lion | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because real turtles have hooves on their back legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t2:o4:1
# text = Because real turtles have hooves on their back legs
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | real turtles | hooves |  | turtles's back legs |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoove=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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