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title: Taz from Looney Tunes spins like a tornado and eats anything. What i… — Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Taz from Looney Tunes spins like a tornado and eats anything. What is true of real devils? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus

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Taz from Looney Tunes spins like a tornado and eats anything. What is true of real devils?

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

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» of the biology 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/biology/104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Taz from Looney Tunes spins like a tornado and eats anything.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t2:1
# text = Taz from Looney Tunes spins like a tornado and eats anything.
1	Taz	Taz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	Looney	Looney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Tunes	Tune	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tornado	tornado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | Taz from Looney Tunes |  |  |  |  | like a tornado | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | Taz from Looney Tunes *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true of real devils?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t2:2
# text = What is true of real devils?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	devils	devil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of real devils; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They are a kind of small bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t2:o1:1
# text = They are a kind of small bear
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | a kind |  |  |  | of small bear | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They only eat leaves and grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t2:o2:1
# text = They only eat leaves and grass
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | They | leaves and grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |

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

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They do not spin, but they screech and eat bones and fur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t2:o3:1
# text = They do not spin, but they screech and eat bones and fur
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	screech	screech	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spin** | present · do-support | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **screech** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | present | they *not said here* | bones and fur |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They spin round fast like a tornado whenever they are angry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t2:o4:1
# text = They spin round fast like a tornado whenever they are angry
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spin	spin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tornado	tornado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin round** | present | They |  |  |  |  | like a tornado; fast, round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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