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# Test 1 · ★ · The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?

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«capybaras are friends with literally everything, even crocs, it's on TikTok» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** capybaras, it, TikTok · **What happens:** be, croc · **To what, where:** friends, TikTok · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 42 «The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?» 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/42-the-capybara/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t1:1
# text = «capybaras are friends with literally everything, even crocs, it's on TikTok» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	capybaras	capybara	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	crocs	croc	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	TikTok	TikTok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | capybaras | friends |  |  |  | with everything | tree rules |
| 2 | **croc** *in a quote* | present | capybaras *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  | TikTok |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | TikTok |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, crocodiles guard capybaras from jaguars, it's a proper team-up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, crocodiles guard capybaras from jaguars, it's a proper team-up
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guard	guard	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	capybaras	capybara	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present | crocodiles | capybaras |  |  |  | from jaguars | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent capybara=Beneficiary from jaguar=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a proper team up |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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They are calm and tolerant, but caimans and jaguars still hunt them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t1:o2:1
# text = They are calm and tolerant, but caimans and jaguars still hunt them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tolerant	tolerant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	caimans	caiman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hunt** | present | caimans and jaguars | jaguars *= jaguar* |  |  | still |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, no animal anywhere ever harms a capybara, they're too chill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, no animal anywhere ever harms a capybara, they're too chill
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	harms	harm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	capybara	capybara	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | present | no animal | a capybara |  |  | ever |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus capybara=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | chill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, capybaras hunt crocodiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t1:o4:1
# text = No, capybaras hunt crocodiles
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	capybaras	capybara	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **hunt** | present | capybaras | crocodiles |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crocodile=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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