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title: «Stuart Little drives a little car and wears clothes» What is a real… — How real mice survive: squeezing, clim… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Stuart Little drives a little car and wears clothes» What is a real mouse's way of getting around fast? Test 7 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 7 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

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«Stuart Little drives a little car and wears clothes» What is a real mouse's way of getting around fast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Stuart Little, way · **What happens:** drive, wear, be, get around · **To what, where:** little car, clothes, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» 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/120-how-real-mice-survive/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t7:1
# text = «Stuart Little drives a little car and wears clothes» What is a real mouse's way of getting around fast?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Stuart	Stuart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	csubj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
19	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
21	around	around	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** *in a quote* | present | Stuart Little | a little car |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory |
| 2 | **wear** *in a quote* | present | Stuart Little *not said here* | clothes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | a real mouse's way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get around** | gerund | a real mouse's way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around, fast *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Flying with its ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t7:o1:1
# text = Flying with its ears
1	Flying	fly	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	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with its ears | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Running along walls, climbing and jumping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t7:o2:1
# text = Running along walls, climbing and jumping
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	along	along	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  | walls |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along wall=Trajectory |
| 2 | **climb** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Driving tiny cars along the skirting board

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t7:o3:1
# text = Driving tiny cars along the skirting board
1	Driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	skirting	skirting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | gerund |  | tiny cars |  | the skirting board |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent car=Theme along board=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Riding on cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:t7:o4:1
# text = Riding on cats
1	Riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on cats | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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