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title: In Madagascar the cartoon, King Julien rules the lemurs. What would… — The monkey house and the lemurs of Mad… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Madagascar the cartoon, King Julien rules the lemurs. What would you fix? Test 1 of lesson 86 «The monkey house and the lemurs of Madagascar» 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 1 · The monkey house and the lemurs of Madagascar

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In Madagascar the cartoon, King Julien rules the lemurs. What would you fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** fix

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This is test 1 of lesson 86 «The monkey house and the lemurs of Madagascar» 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/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Madagascar the cartoon, King Julien rules the lemurs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:t1:1
# text = In Madagascar the cartoon, King Julien rules the lemurs.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:desc	_	_
7	Julien	Julien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* What would you fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:t1:2
# text = What would you fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Real lemurs live in New York

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:t1:o1:1
# text = Real lemurs live in New York
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Real lemurs |  |  | New York |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in york=Location |

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

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Real ring-tailed lemur groups are led by females

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:t1:o2:1
# text = Real ring-tailed lemur groups are led by females
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	tailed	tail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	lemur	lemur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lead** | present · passive | females | Real tailed lemur groups |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real lemurs are led by the youngest male

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:t1:o3:1
# text = Real lemurs are led by the youngest male
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present · passive | the youngest male | Real lemurs |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, lemurs always have a king who wears a crown of leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:t1:o4:1
# text = Nothing, lemurs always have a king who wears a crown of leaves
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | lemurs | Nothing |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 2 | **wear** | present | a king | a crown of leaves |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme |
| 3 | **crown** |  |  | leaves |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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