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description: In a cartoon, a platypus quacks and hunts with big open eyes. What would a real platypus do? Test 2 of lesson 43 «The platypus and the echidna: mammals that lay eggs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 2 · The platypus and the echidna: mammals that lay eggs

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In a cartoon, a platypus quacks and hunts with big open eyes. What would a real platypus do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** platypus, real platypus · **What happens:** quack, hunt, do · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 2 of lesson 43 «The platypus and the echidna: mammals that lay eggs» 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/43-platypus-and-echidna/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a platypus quacks and hunts with big open eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:43-platypus-and-echidna:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, a platypus quacks and hunts with big open eyes.
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	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	platypus	platypus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	quacks	quack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quack** | present | a platypus |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | a platypus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with big open eyes | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 platypus do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:43-platypus-and-echidna:t2:2
# text = What would a real platypus 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	platypus	platypus	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 platypus |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fly low over the water like a duck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:43-platypus-and-echidna:t2:o1:1
# text = Fly low over the water like a duck
1	Fly	fly	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the water |  | like a duck; low *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Dive with its eyes shut and feel for food with its bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:43-platypus-and-echidna:t2:o2:1
# text = Dive with its eyes shut and feel for food with its bill
1	Dive	dive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with its eyes; shut *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **feel** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for food; with food's bill | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for food=Theme |
| 3 | **bill** |  | food |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Quack loudly under the water to scare the fish out of the weeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:43-platypus-and-echidna:t2:o3:1
# text = Quack loudly under the water to scare the fish out of the weeds
1	Quack	quack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | to-infinitive |  | the fish |  | the weeds |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fish=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hunt only on land by sight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:43-platypus-and-echidna:t2:o4:1
# text = Hunt only on land by sight
1	Hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | land |  | by sight | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on land=Location |

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