--- title: Identify the class of animals to which whales belong. — I was wrong: changing your mind · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the class of animals to which whales belong. Exam question 2 of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [I was wrong: changing your mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · I was wrong: changing your mind Identify the class of animals to which whales belong. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, whales · **What happens:** identify, belong · **To what, where:** class This is exam question 2 of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:e2:1 # text = Identify the class of animals to which whales belong. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 8 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the class of animals | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent class=Theme | | 2 | **belong** | present | whales | | | | | to animals | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | 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} Amphibians ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:e2:o1:1 # text = Amphibians 1 Amphibians amphibian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Reptiles ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:e2:o2:1 # text = Reptiles 1 Reptiles reptile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Mammals ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:e2:o3:1 # text = Mammals 1 Mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:e2:o4:1 # text = Fish 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. - ← previous: [I was wrong: changing your mind, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/e1/) - next →: [I was wrong: changing your mind, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/e3/) - ↑ back to [I was wrong: changing your mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/)