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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relative speeds of the greater roadrunner and the coyote. Exam question 1 of lesson 122 «Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 1 · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relative speeds of the greater roadrunner and the coyote.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, relative speeds

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 122 «Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relative speeds of the greater roadrunner and the coyote.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	relative	relative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	speeds	speed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the relative speeds of the greater roadrunner and the coyote |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus speed=Experiencer |

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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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The roadrunner invariably outpaces the coyote by a considerable margin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e1:o1:1
# text = The roadrunner invariably outpaces the coyote by a considerable margin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	outpaces	outpace	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	margin	margin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outpace** | present | the roadrunner | the coyote |  |  |  | by a considerable margin; invariably *property* | tree rules |

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

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The coyote is capable of more than twice the speed of the roadrunner and occasionally captures it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e1:o2:1
# text = The coyote is capable of more than twice the speed of the roadrunner and occasionally captures it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	occasionally	occasionally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	captures	capture	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the coyote |  |  |  |  | of more; than the speed of the roadrunner; capable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **capture** | present | the coyote *not said here* | coyote |  |  |  | occasionally *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The two species attain identical maximum speeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e1:o3:1
# text = The two species attain identical maximum speeds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	attain	attain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	maximum	maximum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	speeds	speed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | present | the two species | identical maximum speeds |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The coyote is incapable of capturing any species of bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e1:o4:1
# text = The coyote is incapable of capturing any species of bird
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	capturing	capture	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the coyote | incapable |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **capture** | gerund | incapable *not said here* | any species of bird |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Theme |

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