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title: A rabbit and a fox stare at each other across a field. Who sees more… — Who eats whom: predators, prey, scaven… · tree and pragmatics
description: A rabbit and a fox stare at each other across a field. Who sees more of the field around them, and who judges distance better? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers

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A rabbit and a fox stare at each other across a field. Who sees more of the field around them, and who judges distance better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** see, judge · **To what, where:** more, distance

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers» 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/47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A rabbit and a fox stare at each other across a field.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t10:1
# text = A rabbit and a fox stare at each other across a field.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stare	stare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Who sees more of the field around them, and who judges distance better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t10:2
# text = Who sees more of the field around them, and who judges distance better?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	judges	judge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present |  | more |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |
| 2 | **judge** | present |  | distance |  |  |  | good *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent distance=Value |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The fox sees more around; the rabbit judges distance better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t10:o1:1
# text = The fox sees more around; the rabbit judges distance better
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
5	around	around	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	judges	judge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see around** | present | the fox | more |  |  |  | around *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |
| 2 | **judge** | present | the rabbit | distance |  |  |  | good *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent distance=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither can see the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t10:o2:1
# text = Neither can see the other
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can |  | the other |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They both see exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t10:o3:1
# text = They both see exactly the same
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The rabbit sees more around; the fox judges distance better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t10:o4:1
# text = The rabbit sees more around; the fox judges distance better
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
5	around	around	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | the rabbit | more |  |  |  | judges distance *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |

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