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title: «sloths are just lazy lol, imagine sleeping all day» What is right? — More record-breakers and oddballs: slo… · tree and pragmatics
description: «sloths are just lazy lol, imagine sleeping all day» What is right? Test 1 of lesson 45 «More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chameleon, electric eel, giraffe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 1 · More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chamele…

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«sloths are just lazy lol, imagine sleeping all day» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sloths · **What happens:** be, imagine, sleep

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This is test 1 of lesson 45 «More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chameleon, electric eel, giraffe» 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/45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t1:1
# text = «sloths are just lazy lol, imagine sleeping all day» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	advcl	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	imagine	imagine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	xcomp	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sloths |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **imagine** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **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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Yes, they are simply lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, they are simply lazy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | lazy, simply *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, sloths are actually the fastest climbers in the whole rainforest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t1:o2:1
# text = No, sloths are actually the fastest climbers in the whole rainforest
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sloths	sloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	climbers	climber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | sloths | the fastest climbers |  | the whole rainforest |  | actually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Slowness saves energy, because their leaves give so little of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t1:o3:1
# text = Slowness saves energy, because their leaves give so little of it
1	Slowness	slowness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present | Slowness | energy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | present | their leaves | little of Slowness |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, and they are ill most of the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, and they are ill most of the time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

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