--- title: A scruffy penguin stands alone and will not swim. What is most likely? — The penguin pool · tree and pragmatics description: A scruffy penguin stands alone and will not swim. What is most likely? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 99 «The penguin pool» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/99-the-penguin-pool/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The penguin pool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/99-the-penguin-pool/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The penguin pool A scruffy penguin stands alone and will not swim. What is most likely? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** scruffy penguin · **What happens:** stand, not swim, be This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 99 «The penguin pool» 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/99-the-penguin-pool/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A scruffy penguin stands alone and will not swim. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t10:1 # text = A scruffy penguin stands alone and will not swim. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 scruffy scruffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 penguin penguin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | a scruffy penguin | | | | | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **swim** | future | a scruffy penguin *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is most likely? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t10:2 # text = What is most likely? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It has forgotten how to swim after a long time on land ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t10:o1:1 # text = It has forgotten how to swim after a long time on land 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present · perfect · passive | | It | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **swim** | to-infinitive | | | | land | time | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is moulting and has lost its waterproof coat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t10:o2:1 # text = It is moulting and has lost its waterproof coat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 moulting moult VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 waterproof waterproof ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **moult** | present · progressive | It | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **lose** | present · perfect | | its waterproof coat | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is angry with the keeper ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t10:o3:1 # text = It is angry with the keeper 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | with the keeper; angry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is too full of fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t10:o4:1 # text = It is too full of fish 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | of fish; full *property* | tree rules | **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. 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