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title: In a cartoon, a crocodile and a capybara share a picnic and the croc… — The capybara: the calmest animal, frie… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a crocodile and a capybara share a picnic and the croc never gets hungry. What would a real caiman do? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 42 «The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 2 · ★ · The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?

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In a cartoon, a crocodile and a capybara share a picnic and the croc never gets hungry. What would a real caiman do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crocodile, picnic, real caiman · **What happens:** share, not get, do · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a crocodile and a capybara share a picnic and the croc never gets hungry.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, a crocodile and a capybara share a picnic and the croc never gets hungry.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	capybara	capybara	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	croc	croc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
18	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | infinitive | a crocodile and a capybara |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **get** | present | a picnic and the croc |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 would a real caiman do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t2:2
# text = What would a real caiman do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	caiman	caiman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would | a real caiman |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Carry baby capybaras in its mouth to keep them safe from jaguars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t2:o1:1
# text = Carry baby capybaras in its mouth to keep them safe from jaguars
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	capybaras	capybara	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | baby capybaras |  | its mouth |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent capybara=Value in mouth=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | capybaras *= capybara* |  |  |  | from jaguars; safe *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary from jaguar=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eat grass and leaves on the bank together with the capybara

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t2:o2:1
# text = Eat grass and leaves on the bank together with the capybara
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	capybara	capybara	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | present | you *not said here* |  |  | the bank |  | with the capybara; together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Always attack every capybara it sees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t2:o3:1
# text = Always attack every capybara it sees
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	attack	attack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	capybara	capybara	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | imperative | you *not said here* | every capybara |  |  |  | always *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capybara=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | present | capybara | every capybara *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer capybara=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Ignore an adult while it is full, but sometimes grab a young one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:42-the-capybara:t2:o4:1
# text = Ignore an adult while it is full, but sometimes grab a young one
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	grab	grab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | adult |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **grab** | present |  | a young one |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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