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description: In Dumbo the elephants scream and climb on stools when they see a mouse. What is right? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 117 «Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myths put right» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myt…

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In Dumbo the elephants scream and climb on stools when they see a mouse. What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** elephants · **What happens:** scream, climb, see, be · **To what, where:** Dumbo, stools, mouse

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 117 «Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myths put right» 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/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Dumbo the elephants scream and climb on stools when they see a mouse.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:t1:1
# text = In Dumbo the elephants scream and climb on stools when they see a mouse.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Dumbo	Dumbo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	scream	scream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stools	stool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | the elephants |  |  | Dumbo |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dumbo=Location |
| 2 | **climb** | present | the elephants *not said here* |  |  | stools |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stool=Trajectory |
| 3 | **see** | present | elephants *= elephant* | a mouse |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus |

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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 right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:t1:2
# text = What is right?
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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Mice live inside elephants' trunks, so elephants are always scared they will crawl up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:t1:o1:1
# text = Mice live inside elephants' trunks, so elephants are always scared they will crawl up
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	12	advmod	_	_
12	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	crawl	crawl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Mice |  |  | elephants's trunks |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside trunk=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | elephants |  |  |  |  | always, scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **crawl up** | future | elephants *= elephant* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Elephants faint at the smell of mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:t1:o2:1
# text = Elephants faint at the smell of mice
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	faint	faint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | present | Elephants |  |  |  |  | at the smell of mice | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at smell=Stimulus |
| 2 | **smell** |  | mice |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Elephants hunt mice for food and chase them round the savanna, so the film shows it backwards

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:t1:o3:1
# text = Elephants hunt mice for food and chase them round the savanna, so the film shows it backwards
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	chase	chase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	round	round	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	savanna	savanna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Elephants | mice |  |  |  | for food | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mouse=Location for food=Theme |
| 2 | **chase** | present | Elephants *not said here* | mice *= mouse* |  | the savanna |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme round savanna=Trajectory |
| 3 | **show** | present | the film | savanna |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Elephants are not really terrified of mice; they may be startled by any small sudden thing

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right:t1:o4:1
# text = Elephants are not really terrified of mice; they may be startled by any small sudden thing
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	terrified	terrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	startled	startle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Elephants |  |  |  |  | of mice; terrified *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **startle** | may · passive | any small sudden thing | Elephants *= elephant* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

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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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