--- title: Which statement is true? — Groups of animals and how to tell them… · tree and pragmatics description: Which statement is true? Test 6 of lesson 24 «Groups of animals and how to tell them apart» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/24-animal-groups/t6/) [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/) / [Groups of animals and how to tell them…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/24-animal-groups/) / t6 # Test 6 · Groups of animals and how to tell them apart Which statement is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** be This is test 6 of lesson 24 «Groups of animals and how to tell them apart» of the world 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/world/24-animal-groups/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:t6:1 # text = Which statement is true? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which statement | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} All birds have feathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:t6:o1:1 # text = All birds have feathers 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | all birds | feathers | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} All fish lay eggs on land ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:t6:o2:1 # text = All fish lay eggs on land 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | present | all fish | eggs | | land | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme on land=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} All birds can fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:t6:o3:1 # text = All birds can fly 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | can | all birds | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} All mammals live on land ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:t6:o4:1 # text = All mammals live on land 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | all mammals | | | land | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location | **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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