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title: why are there no penguins up by the north pole, polar bears'd eat em? — Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands · tree and pragmatics
description: why are there no penguins up by the north pole, polar bears'd eat em? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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 10 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands

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why are there no penguins up by the north pole, polar bears'd eat em?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** penguins · **What happens:** be, eat · **To what, where:** em

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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/65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t10:1
# text = why are there no penguins up by the north pole, polar bears'd eat em?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
16	em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | would | no penguins by the north pole and polar bears | em *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The north is too warm for penguins to live there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t10:o1:1
# text = The north is too warm for penguins to live there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the north |  |  |  |  | for penguins; warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | the north *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Polar bears ate all the penguins in the north long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t10:o2:1
# text = Polar bears ate all the penguins in the north long ago
1	Polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Polar bears | all penguins |  | the north |  | ago *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penguin=Patient |

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

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Penguins live in the south, mostly around Antarctica

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t10:o3:1
# text = Penguins live in the south, mostly around Antarctica
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Penguins |  |  | the south |  | around Antarctica | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in south=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Penguins live at the North Pole but hide in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t10:o4:1
# text = Penguins live at the North Pole but hide in winter
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Penguins |  |  | the North Pole |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pole=Location |
| 2 | **hide** | present | Penguins *not said here* |  |  |  | winter |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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