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title: «there's loads of axolotls in pet shops so they're not endangered» W… — The axolotl, the tardigrade and the ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: «there's loads of axolotls in pet shops so they're not endangered» What is right? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 5 · ★ · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp

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«there's loads of axolotls in pet shops so they're not endangered» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** loads · **What happens:** be, not be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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/44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t5:1
# text = «there's loads of axolotls in pet shops so they're not endangered» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	axolotls	axolotl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
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	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** *in a quote* | present | loads of axolotls in pet shops |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | loads *= load* |  |  |  |  | endangered *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Right, they are the commonest animal in Mexico

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t5:o1:1
# text = Right, they are the commonest animal in Mexico
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	commonest	common	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | the commonest animal |  | Mexico |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Pets are common, but wild ones in Xochimilco are critically endangered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t5:o2:1
# text = Pets are common, but wild ones in Xochimilco are critically endangered
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Xochimilco	Xochimilco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	critically	critically	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pets |  |  |  |  | common *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | wild ones in Xochimilco |  |  |  |  | critically, endangered *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, wild ones are everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t5:o3:1
# text = Right, wild ones are everywhere
1	Right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Right wild ones |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wrong, there are no axolotls in pet shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t5:o4:1
# text = Wrong, there are no axolotls in pet shops
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	axolotls	axolotl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | no axolotls in pet shops |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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