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description: «squirrels are squirrels, who cares if grey ones took over» Why do people care? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles, raccoons, beavers, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, robins» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles,…

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«squirrels are squirrels, who cares if grey ones took over» Why do people care?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** squirrels, grey ones, people · **What happens:** be, care, take over · **To what, where:** squirrels

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles, raccoons, beavers, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, robins» 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/80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t10:1
# text = «squirrels are squirrels, who cares if grey ones took over» Why do people care?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | squirrels | squirrels |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **care** *in a quote* | present | squirrels |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **take over** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | grey ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **care** | present · do-support | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Greys carry squirrelpox, which kills native red squirrels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t10:o1:1
# text = Greys carry squirrelpox, which kills native red squirrels
1	Greys	grey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	squirrelpox	squirrelpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Greys | squirrelpox |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squirrelpox=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | present | squirrelpox | native red squirrels |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squirrel=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Greys are much better for the woods because they plant more trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t10:o2:1
# text = Greys are much better for the woods because they plant more trees
1	Greys	grey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	plant	plant	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Greys |  |  |  |  | for the woods; good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **plant** | present | Greys *= grey* | more trees |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Red squirrels are pests from America

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t10:o3:1
# text = Red squirrels are pests from America
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	pests	pest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Red squirrels | pests |  | America |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Grey squirrels are endangered too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t10:o4:1
# text = Grey squirrels are endangered too
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

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