--- title: «food chain: fox → rabbit → grass, cos the fox is the boss» What is… — Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters… · tree and pragmatics description: «food chain: fox → rabbit → grass, cos the fox is the boss» What is wrong? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 46 «Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters» 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 right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/46-food-chains/t1/) [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/) / [Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/46-food-chains/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters «food chain: fox → rabbit → grass, cos the fox is the boss» What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fox, boss · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** boss This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 46 «Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters» 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/46-food-chains/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t1:1 # text = «food chain: fox → rabbit → grass, cos the fox is the boss» What is wrong? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 → → SYM SYM _ 7 punct _ _ 7 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 → → SYM SYM _ 9 punct _ _ 9 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the fox | the boss | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the boss | | | | | wrong *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Arrows go from food to eater: grass to rabbit to fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t1:o1:1 # text = Arrows go from food to eater: grass to rabbit to fox 1 Arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 eater eater NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Arrows | grass | | food | | to eater | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from food=Initial\_Location to eater=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} The grass should be at the top because it is the biggest thing in the field ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t1:o2:1 # text = The grass should be at the top because it is the biggest thing in the field 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | should | the grass | | | the top and the biggest thing | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | grass | the biggest thing | | the field | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, that is right ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t1:o3:1 # text = Nothing, that is right 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The rabbit eats the fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t1:o4:1 # text = The rabbit eats the fox 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | the rabbit | the fox | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Patient | **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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