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title: Rhys says the zoo sign about white polar bear fur is fine. His mate… — Where did you read that? Checking sour… · tree and pragmatics
description: Rhys says the zoo sign about white polar bear fur is fine. His mate says it's wrong because the hairs are colourless. Who is fairer? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources

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Rhys says the zoo sign about white polar bear fur is fine. His mate says it's wrong because the hairs are colourless. Who is fairer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rhys, zoo sign, mate, hairs · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» 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/28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Rhys says the zoo sign about white polar bear fur is fine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t7:1
# text = Rhys says the zoo sign about white polar bear fur is fine.
1	Rhys	Rhys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Rhys |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the zoo sign about white polar bear fur |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | 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:* His mate says it's wrong because the hairs are colourless.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t7:2
# text = His mate says it's wrong because the hairs are colourless.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	colourless	colourless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Rhys's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | mate |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the hairs |  |  |  |  | colourless *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Who is fairer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t7:3
# text = Who is fairer?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Both: the fur looks white, though each hair is colourless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t7:o1:1
# text = Both: the fur looks white, though each hair is colourless
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	colourless	colourless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | each hair |  |  |  |  | colourless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only Rhys: the hairs are pure white, right down to the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t7:o2:1
# text = Only Rhys: the hairs are pure white, right down to the skin
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Rhys	Rhys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the hairs |  |  |  |  | white *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither: polar bear fur is black

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t7:o3:1
# text = Neither: polar bear fur is black
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | neither bear fur |  |  |  |  | black *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only the mate: the sign is a lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t7:o4:1
# text = Only the mate: the sign is a lie
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the sign | a lie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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