--- title: Identify the classification of whales, having regard to the facts th… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the classification of whales, having regard to the facts that they breathe air and nourish their young with milk. Exam question 2 of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel Identify the classification of whales, having regard to the facts that they breathe air and nourish their young with milk. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, facts · **What happens:** identify, have, breathe, nourish, classify · **To what, where:** classification, regard, facts, young, whales This is exam question 2 of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» of the world 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/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:e2:1 # text = Identify the classification of whales, having regard to the facts that they breathe air and nourish their young with milk. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 classification classification NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 breathe breathe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 nourish nourish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the classification of whales | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent classification=Theme | | 2 | **have** | gerund | you *not said here* | regard | | | | to the facts | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Patient | | 3 | **breathe** | present | facts *= fact* | the facts | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **nourish** | present | facts *= fact* *not said here* | facts's young | | | | with milk | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent young=Patient with milk=Instrument | | 5 | **classify** | | | whales | | | | | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} Reptiles ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:e2:o1:1 # text = Reptiles 1 Reptiles reptile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:e2:o2:1 # text = Fish 1 Fish fish 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:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel: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} Amphibians ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:e2:o4:1 # text = Amphibians 1 Amphibians amphibian 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. 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