--- title: A chameleon is cold in the early morning. What colour change helps it? — More record-breakers and oddballs: slo… · tree and pragmatics description: A chameleon is cold in the early morning. What colour change helps it? Test 9 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](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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chamele… A chameleon is cold in the early morning. What colour change helps it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chameleon, colour change · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** chameleon This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A chameleon is cold in the early morning. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t9:1 # text = A chameleon is cold in the early morning. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chameleon chameleon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a chameleon | | | | morning | cold *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. *Sentence 2:* What colour change helps it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t9:2 # text = What colour change helps it? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | what colour change | chameleon | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Turning darker to soak up more sunlight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t9:o1:1 # text = Turning darker to soak up more sunlight 1 Turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 darker dark ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 soak soak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | dark *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **soak up** | to-infinitive | | more sunlight | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunlight=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Turning bright green to hide from birds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t9:o2:1 # text = Turning bright green to hide from birds 1 Turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 2 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | | | | | from birds | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from bird=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} Turning see-through ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t9:o3:1 # text = Turning see-through 1 Turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 through thorough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 compound _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Turning white to stay cool ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t9:o4:1 # text = Turning white to stay cool 1 Turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | cool *property* | vn exist-47.1 «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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