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title: In a Christmas card a polar bear and a penguin share a snowy hill. W… — The penguin pool · tree and pragmatics
description: In a Christmas card a polar bear and a penguin share a snowy hill. Where could you really see both on one day? Test 3 · ★★ 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 rig
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The penguin pool

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In a Christmas card a polar bear and a penguin share a snowy hill. Where could you really see both on one day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** polar bear, you · **What happens:** share, see · **To what, where:** snowy hill, Christmas card

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a Christmas card a polar bear and a penguin share a snowy hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t3:1
# text = In a Christmas card a polar bear and a penguin share a snowy hill.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	penguin	penguin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | a polar bear and a penguin | a snowy hill |  | a Christmas card |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Where could you really see both on one day?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t3:2
# text = Where could you really see both on one day?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	both	both	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | could | you |  |  |  | day | both *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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On any iceberg in the Arctic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t3:o1:1
# text = On any iceberg in the Arctic
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	iceberg	iceberg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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In Antarctica in the middle of the long dark winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t3:o2:1
# text = In Antarctica in the middle of the long dark winter
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Only in a zoo, as they live at opposite poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t3:o3:1
# text = Only in a zoo, as they live at opposite poles
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a zoo |  |  | opposite poles |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pole=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Anywhere it snows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t3:o4:1
# text = Anywhere it snows
1	Anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	snows	snow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snow** | present | it |  |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

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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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