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title: Real life: what are real armadillos? — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real life: what are real armadillos? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:…

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Real life: what are real armadillos?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real life · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** real armadillos

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» of the books 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/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t5:1
# text = Real life: what are real armadillos?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	armadillos	armadillo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Real life and real armadillos | real armadillos |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Reptiles with hard shells on their backs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t5:o1:1
# text = Reptiles with hard shells on their backs
1	Reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mammals from South America that have bony plates over their backs, heads and tails, covered in skin

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t5:o2:1
# text = Mammals from South America that have bony plates over their backs, heads and tails, covered in skin
1	Mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	bony	bony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | that | bony plates |  | plates's backs |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  | Mammals from South America and heads and tails *not said here* |  |  |  | in skin | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in skin=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Animals living in trees that roll up in a ball and eat grubs and insects

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t5:o3:1
# text = Animals living in trees that roll up in a ball and eat grubs and insects
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	roll	roll	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	grubs	grub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | Animals *not said here* |  |  | trees |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |
| 2 | **roll up** | present | trees |  |  | a ball |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ball=Trajectory |
| 3 | **eat** | present | trees *not said here* | grubs and insects |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grub=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mammals with bony plates covered in tough skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t5:o4:1
# text = Mammals with bony plates covered in tough skin
1	Mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	bony	bony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle · passive |  | Mammals with bony plates |  |  |  | in tough skin | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in skin=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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