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title: In a cartoon a chameleon on a picnic rug turns into a perfect tartan… — More record-breakers and oddballs: slo… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a chameleon on a picnic rug turns into a perfect tartan. What does a real one do? Test 2 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 ques
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# Test 2 · More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chamele…

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In a cartoon a chameleon on a picnic rug turns into a perfect tartan. What does a real one do?

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

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a chameleon on a picnic rug turns into a perfect tartan.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a chameleon on a picnic rug turns into a perfect tartan.
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	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chameleon	chameleon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tartan	tartan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | a chameleon on a picnic rug |  |  | a cartoon |  | into a perfect tartan | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Source into tartan=Trajectory |

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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 does a real one do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t2:2
# text = What does a real one do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	do	do	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stays the same colour all its life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t2:o1:1
# text = Stays the same colour all its life
1	Stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present |  | the same colour |  |  |  | colour's life *obl:unmarked* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme colour=Location |

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

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Changes colour mostly to signal or to warm up or cool down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t2:o2:1
# text = Changes colour mostly to signal or to warm up or cool down
1	Changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	signal	signal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	warm	warm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cool	cool	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present |  | colour |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |
| 2 | **signal** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **warm up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **cool down** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Copies any pattern it sits on, even tartan, stripes and spots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t2:o3:1
# text = Copies any pattern it sits on, even tartan, stripes and spots
1	Copies	copy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tartan	tartan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | any pattern |  |  |  |  | tartan *obl*; sit *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Turns see-through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t2:o4:1
# text = Turns see-through
1	Turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	through	thorough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	compound	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Turns |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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