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title: In Madagascar, Skipper's team plans a clever escape. What is true of… — The penguin pool · tree and pragmatics
description: In Madagascar, Skipper's team plans a clever escape. What is true of real zoo penguins? Test 5 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The penguin pool

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In Madagascar, Skipper's team plans a clever escape. What is true of real zoo penguins?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** team · **What happens:** plan, be · **To what, where:** clever escape, Madagascar

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Madagascar, Skipper's team plans a clever escape.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t5:1
# text = In Madagascar, Skipper's team plans a clever escape.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Skipper	Skipper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	plans	plan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | Skipper's team | a clever escape |  | Madagascar |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Topic |

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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:* What is true of real zoo penguins?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t5:2
# text = What is true of real zoo penguins?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of real zoo penguins; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They can unlock the zoo doors with their beaks at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t5:o1:1
# text = They can unlock the zoo doors with their beaks at night
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	unlock	unlock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	beaks	beak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unlock** | can | They | the zoo doors |  |  | night | with doors's beaks | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They are curious and follow each other, but do not make plans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t5:o2:1
# text = They are curious and follow each other, but do not make plans
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	5	obj	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
13	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | curious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | present | They *not said here* | each |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **make** | infinitive · do-support |  | plans |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plan=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They speak to each other in words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t5:o3:1
# text = They speak to each other in words
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obl	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	fixed	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | They |  |  | words |  | to each | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They plan escapes every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t5:o4:1
# text = They plan escapes every night
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	plan	plan	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	escapes	escape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | They | escapes |  |  | night |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Topic |

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