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title: In a cartoon a superhero saves the pandas in one afternoon. What is… — Conservation: how people help animals… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a superhero saves the pandas in one afternoon. What is real conservation like? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 1 · ★ · Conservation: how people help animals come back

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In a cartoon a superhero saves the pandas in one afternoon. What is real conservation like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** superhero, real conservation · **What happens:** save, be · **To what, where:** pandas, cartoon

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» 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/78-conservation-animals-come-back/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a superhero saves the pandas in one afternoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t1:1
# text = In a cartoon a superhero saves the pandas in one afternoon.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	superhero	superhero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pandas	panda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present | a superhero | the pandas |  | a cartoon | afternoon |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panda=Theme |

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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 real conservation like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t1:2
# text = What is real conservation like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	conservation	conservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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One person moving all of the pandas to a new island far away from people

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t1:o1:1
# text = One person moving all of the pandas to a new island far away from people
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pandas	panda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund | One person *not said here* | all |  | a new island |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent all=Theme to island=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A single law that makes pandas multiply

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t1:o2:1
# text = A single law that makes pandas multiply
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	pandas	panda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	multiply	multiply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a single law | pandas |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **multiply** | infinitive | pandas *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Pandas saving themselves by learning to eat meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t1:o3:1
# text = Pandas saving themselves by learning to eat meat
1	Pandas	panda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | gerund | Pandas *not said here* | Pandas *= panda* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund | Pandas *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Pandas *not said here* | meat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Many people working for years to protect and join up their homes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:t1:o4:1
# text = Many people working for years to protect and join up their homes
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund | Many people *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | Many people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **join up** | infinitive | Many people *not said here* | people's homes |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient |

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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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