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title: Tom reckons almost all the energy an animal eats goes into the next… — Balance in a food web · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom reckons almost all the energy an animal eats goes into the next animal. right? Test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Balance in a food web» 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 wrong.
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · Balance in a food web

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Tom reckons almost all the energy an animal eats goes into the next animal. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, animal, energy · **What happens:** reckon, eat, go · **To what, where:** energy

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This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Balance in a food web» 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/30-balance-in-food-webs/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:30-balance-in-food-webs:t14:1
# text = Tom reckons almost all the energy an animal eats goes into the next animal. right?
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
16	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | a animal | all energy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient |
| 3 | **go** | present | all energy |  |  |  |  | into the next animal | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into animal=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, nearly all of it passes right on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:30-balance-in-food-webs:t14:o1:1
# text = Yes, nearly all of it passes right on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present | all |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, none of it ever passes on at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:30-balance-in-food-webs:t14:o2:1
# text = No, none of it ever passes on at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | present | none |  |  | all | ever |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, about half of it gets passed on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:30-balance-in-food-webs:t14:o3:1
# text = Yes, about half of it gets passed on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | present · passive |  | half of it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, only about a tenth passes on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:30-balance-in-food-webs:t14:o4:1
# text = No, only about a tenth passes on
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tenth	tenth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | present | a tenth |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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