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title: «in frozen sven eats carrots so reindeer live on carrots» What is ri… — The Arctic: ice, snow and the polar be… · tree and pragmatics
description: «in frozen sven eats carrots so reindeer live on carrots» What is right? Test 1 of lesson 6 «The Arctic: ice, snow and the polar bear's world» 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.
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# Test 1 · The Arctic: ice, snow and the polar bear's world

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«in frozen sven eats carrots so reindeer live on carrots» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reindeer · **What happens:** freeze, eat, live, be · **To what, where:** carrots, frozen sven · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 6 «The Arctic: ice, snow and the polar bear's world» 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/6-the-arctic/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:6-the-arctic:t1:1
# text = «in frozen sven eats carrots so reindeer live on carrots» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	sven	sven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | present |  | carrots |  | frozen sven |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carrot=Patient |
| 3 | **live** *in a quote* | present | reindeer |  |  | carrots |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, carrots are their main food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:6-the-arctic:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, carrots are their main food
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | carrots | carrots's main food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and they pull carrots out of the frozen ground with their antlers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:6-the-arctic:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, and they pull carrots out of the frozen ground with their antlers
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | they | carrots |  | the frozen ground |  | with carrots's antlers | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent carrot=Theme out ground=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, reindeer eat only fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:6-the-arctic:t1:o3:1
# text = No, reindeer eat only fish
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | reindeer | fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, wild reindeer dig through snow for lichen and graze plants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:6-the-arctic:t1:o4:1
# text = No, wild reindeer dig through snow for lichen and graze plants
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lichen	lichen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	graze	graze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | present | wild reindeer |  |  | snow |  | for lichen and graze plants | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent through snow=Location for lichen=Theme |

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