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title: In a game, the kangaroo baby is born big and hops out to eat grass a… — Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a game, the kangaroo baby is born big and hops out to eat grass at once. What is wrong? Test 9 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents

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In a game, the kangaroo baby is born big and hops out to eat grass at once. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** bear, hop out, eat, be · **To what, where:** kangaroo baby, game, grass

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game, the kangaroo baby is born big and hops out to eat grass at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t9:1
# text = In a game, the kangaroo baby is born big and hops out to eat grass at once.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hops	hop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
16	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | the kangaroo baby |  | a game |  | big *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **hop out** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  | grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |

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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 is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t9:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is born the size of a jellybean and grows in the pouch for months

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t9:o1:1
# text = It is born the size of a jellybean and grows in the pouch for months
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	jellybean	jellybean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pouch	pouch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary size=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | present |  |  |  | the pouch | month |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pouch=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, that is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t9:o2:1
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kangaroo babies are born in trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t9:o3:1
# text = Kangaroo babies are born in trees
1	Kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | Kangaroo babies |  | trees |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kangaroos lay eggs in the pouch and the eggs hatch into baby kangaroos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:49-babies:t9:o4:1
# text = Kangaroos lay eggs in the pouch and the eggs hatch into baby kangaroos
1	Kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pouch	pouch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hatch	hatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | Kangaroos | eggs |  | the pouch |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in pouch=Destination |
| 2 | **hatch** | present | the eggs |  |  |  |  | into baby kangaroos | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient into kangaroo=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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