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title: «raccoons wash their food coz they're clean freaks» What is right? — Animals of North America and Britain:… · tree and pragmatics
description: «raccoons wash their food coz they're clean freaks» What is right? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 pragmatics of the
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles,…

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«raccoons wash their food coz they're clean freaks» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** raccoons · **What happens:** wash, be · **To what, where:** food · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t3:1
# text = «raccoons wash their food coz they're clean freaks» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	raccoons	raccoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wash	wash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	coz	because	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	freaks	freak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** *in a quote* | present | raccoons | raccoons's food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | raccoons *= raccoon* |  |  |  |  | because clean freaks | tree rules |
| 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 {#o1}

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Yes, raccoons hate any dirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, raccoons hate any dirt
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	raccoons	raccoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | raccoons | any dirt |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dirt=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, they never touch water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t3:o2:1
# text = No, they never touch water
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | present | they | water |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They dunk even clean food, probably to feel it better with wet paws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t3:o3:1
# text = They dunk even clean food, probably to feel it better with wet paws
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dunk	dunk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dunk** | present | They | clean food |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good, probably *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, raccoons wash everything twice and hate even a speck of dirt on it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, raccoons wash everything twice and hate even a speck of dirt on it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	raccoons	raccoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wash	wash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	speck	speck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | present | raccoons | everything |  | dirt |  | twice *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |
| 2 | **hate** | present | raccoons *not said here* | a speck of dirt |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speck=Stimulus |

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