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title: A crocodile nest is in a sunny, very warm spot this year. What could… — Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A crocodile nest is in a sunny, very warm spot this year. What could change for the babies? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents

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A crocodile nest is in a sunny, very warm spot this year. What could change for the babies?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crocodile nest · **What happens:** be, change · **To what, where:** sunny warm spot

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents» 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/49-babies/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A crocodile nest is in a sunny, very warm spot this year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t6:1
# text = A crocodile nest is in a sunny, very warm spot this year.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a crocodile nest |  |  | a sunny warm spot | year |  | tree rules |

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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 could change for the babies?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t6:2
# text = What could change for the babies?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | could |  |  |  |  |  | for the babies | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme for baby=Co-Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They will hatch with longer teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t6:o1:1
# text = They will hatch with longer teeth
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hatch	hatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | future | They |  |  |  |  | with longer teeth | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They will all be twins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t6:o2:1
# text = They will all be twins
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | future | They | twins |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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More may become one sex than the other, as warmth decides it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t6:o3:1
# text = More may become one sex than the other, as warmth decides it
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	sex	sex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | may | More | one sex than the other |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **decide** | present | warmth | sex |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nothing, warmth does not matter at all once the eggs have been laid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t6:o4:1
# text = Nothing, warmth does not matter at all once the eggs have been laid
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
9	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Nothing warmth |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lay** | present · perfect · passive |  | the eggs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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