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title: In Happy Feet, Mumble finds his partner by singing. Which part is cl… — The penguin pool · tree and pragmatics
description: In Happy Feet, Mumble finds his partner by singing. Which part is close to real life? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · The penguin pool

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In Happy Feet, Mumble finds his partner by singing. Which part is close to real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mumble, part · **What happens:** find, sing, be · **To what, where:** partner, Happy Feet

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Happy Feet, Mumble finds his partner by singing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t6:1
# text = In Happy Feet, Mumble finds his partner by singing.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Feet	Feet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Mumble	Mumble	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Mumble | Mumble's partner |  | Happy Feet |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Topic |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Mumble *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Which part is close to real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t6:2
# text = Which part is close to real life?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which part |  |  |  |  | to real life; close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Penguins never call to each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t6:o1:1
# text = Penguins never call to each other
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	3	obl	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **call** | present | Penguins |  | each |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient |

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

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Emperor penguins recognise each other by their calls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t6:o2:1
# text = Emperor penguins recognise each other by their calls
1	Emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	recognise	recognise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	3	obj	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	fixed	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | present | Emperor penguins | each |  |  |  | by penguins's calls | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |
| 2 | **call** |  | penguins *= penguin* |  |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Penguins find their partners by smell alone, never by sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t6:o3:1
# text = Penguins find their partners by smell alone, never by sound
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Penguins | Penguins's partners |  |  |  | by smell; by sound; alone *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Penguins tap-dance to find partners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:t6:o4:1
# text = Penguins tap-dance to find partners
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | partners |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Topic |

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