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title: Two penguin pairs at the zoo: one stays together for years, the othe… — Birds and baby animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Two penguin pairs at the zoo: one stays together for years, the other swaps partners. What does that show? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 9 · ★ · Birds and baby animals

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Two penguin pairs at the zoo: one stays together for years, the other swaps partners. What does that show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one, other, that · **What happens:** stay together, swap, show · **To what, where:** partners

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths 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/myths/10-birds-and-baby-animals/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two penguin pairs at the zoo: one stays together for years, the other swaps partners.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t9:1
# text = Two penguin pairs at the zoo: one stays together for years, the other swaps partners.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	penguin	penguin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nsubj	_	_
16	swaps	swap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
17	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay together** | present | one |  |  |  | year | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **swap** | present | the other | partners |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=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:* What does that show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t9:2
# text = What does that show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Penguins differ; "all penguins mate for life" is too simple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t9:o1:1
# text = Penguins differ; "all penguins mate for life" is too simple
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **differ** | present | Penguins |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | all penguins mate for life |  |  |  |  | simple *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Penguins only pair up in zoos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t9:o2:1
# text = Penguins only pair up in zoos
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	pair	pair	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pair up** | present | Penguins |  |  | zoos |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The zoo mixed up their names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t9:o3:1
# text = The zoo mixed up their names
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix up** | participle |  | the zoo |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |
| 2 | **name** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One of the penguins is broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:t9:o4:1
# text = One of the penguins is broken
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V» |

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