--- title: «a croc carrying babies in its mouth, it's eating them!!» What is re… — Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and… · tree and pragmatics description: «a croc carrying babies in its mouth, it's eating them!!» What is really happening? 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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/49-babies/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «a croc carrying babies in its mouth, it's eating them!!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t4:1 # text = «a croc carrying babies in its mouth, it's eating them!!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 croc croc NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 !! !! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** *in a quote* | gerund | a croc | babies | | croc's mouth | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent baby=Value in mouth=Location | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | present · progressive | croc | babies *= baby* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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 is really happening? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t4:2 # text = What is really happening? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She is eating them one by one ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t4:o1:1 # text = She is eating them one by one 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present · progressive | She | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} She is cooling them in her mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t4:o2:1 # text = She is cooling them in her mouth 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 cooling cool VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cool** | present · progressive | She | them *= they* | | her mouth | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The mother is gently carrying her babies to the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t4:o3:1 # text = The mother is gently carrying her babies to the water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 gently gently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present · progressive | the mother | mother's babies | | the water | | gently *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent baby=Theme to water=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} She is stealing another crocodile's babies to raise as her own ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t4:o4:1 # text = She is stealing another crocodile's babies to raise as her own 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | present · progressive | She | another crocodile's babies | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location baby=Theme | | 2 | **raise** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | as crocodile's own | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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