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title: A sea turtle comes onto the beach at night. What is it most likely d… — Classifying unusual animals · tree and pragmatics
description: A sea turtle comes onto the beach at night. What is it most likely doing? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Classifying unusual animals» 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.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Classifying unusual animals

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A sea turtle comes onto the beach at night. What is it most likely doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sea turtle, turtle · **What happens:** come, be · **To what, where:** beach

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Classifying unusual animals» 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/29-classifying-unusual-animals/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A sea turtle comes onto the beach at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:29-classifying-unusual-animals:t4:1
# text = A sea turtle comes onto the beach at night.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | a sea turtle |  |  | the beach | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme onto beach=Initial\_Location |

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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 is it most likely doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:29-classifying-unusual-animals:t4:2
# text = What is it most likely doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Feeding its young with milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:29-classifying-unusual-animals:t4:o1:1
# text = Feeding its young with milk
1	Feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | gerund |  | its young |  |  |  | with milk | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Looking for leaves to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:29-classifying-unusual-animals:t4:o2:1
# text = Looking for leaves to eat
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for leaves | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for leaf=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Laying its eggs in the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:29-classifying-unusual-animals:t4:o3:1
# text = Laying its eggs in the sand
1	Laying	lay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | gerund |  | its eggs |  | the sand |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in sand=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Breathing with its lungs at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:29-classifying-unusual-animals:t4:o4:1
# text = Breathing with its lungs at last
1	Breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | gerund |  |  |  | last |  | with its lungs | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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