--- title: Why could a green coat be useful for a sloth in the treetops? — More record-breakers and oddballs: slo… · tree and pragmatics description: Why could a green coat be useful for a sloth in the treetops? Test 10 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; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [More record-breakers and oddballs: slo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe/) / t10 # Test 10 · More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chamele… Why could a green coat be useful for a sloth in the treetops? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** green coat · **What happens:** be This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t10:1 # text = Why could a green coat be useful for a sloth in the treetops? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sloth sloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 treetops treetop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | could | a green coat | | | | | for a sloth in the treetops; useful *property* | tree rules | 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} It makes the leaves it eats taste much better ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t10:o1:1 # text = It makes the leaves it eats taste much better 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 taste taste VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | present | it | the leaves *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 3 | **taste** | present | the leaves | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It keeps it warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t10:o2:1 # text = It keeps it warm 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | it | | | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It may help it hide among leaves from harpy eagles ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t10:o3:1 # text = It may help it hide among leaves from harpy eagles 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 among among ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 harpy harpy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | may | It | it | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **hide** | infinitive | | | | | | among leaves; from harpy eagles | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from eagle=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} It glows at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t10:o4:1 # text = It glows at night 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 glows glow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glow** | present | It | | | | night | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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