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title: «my uncle saw a Tasmanian tiger last year, swear down» What is right? — Endangered animals and extinction · tree and pragmatics
description: «my uncle saw a Tasmanian tiger last year, swear down» What is right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Endangered animals and extinction

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«my uncle saw a Tasmanian tiger last year, swear down» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle · **What happens:** see, swear down, be · **To what, where:** Tasmanian tiger · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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/77-endangered-animals-and-extinction/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t3:1
# text = «my uncle saw a Tasmanian tiger last year, swear down» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Tasmanian	tasmanian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	swear	swear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | my uncle | a Tasmanian tiger  last year |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tiger=Stimulus |
| 2 | **swear down** *in a quote* | infinitive | my uncle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, thylacines never existed at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t3:o1:1
# text = No, thylacines never existed at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	thylacines	thylacine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	existed	exist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past | thylacines |  |  | all |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Many sightings were reported, but no clear proof any survived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t3:o2:1
# text = Many sightings were reported, but no clear proof any survived
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sightings	sighting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
11	survived	survive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past · passive |  | Many sightings |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **survive** | participle | any | no clear proof *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme proof=Circumstance |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, the zoo released some in 2000

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, the zoo released some in 2000
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	released	release	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past | the zoo | some |  | 2000 |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer some=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, thousands still live in the forests of Tasmania today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, thousands still live in the forests of Tasmania today
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Tasmania	Tasmania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | thousands |  |  | the forests of Tasmania | still; today |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location |

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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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