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title: Identify the principal reason for which the footprint of the roadrun… — Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the footprint of the roadrunner resembles the letter X. Exam question 2 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 pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 2 · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

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Identify the principal reason for which the footprint of the roadrunner resembles the letter X.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, footprint · **What happens:** identify, resemble · **To what, where:** principal reason, letter X

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the footprint of the roadrunner resembles the letter X.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	footprint	footprint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	resembles	resemble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **resemble** | present | the footprint of the roadrunner | the letter X |  |  |  | for the principal reason | tree rules |

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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 bird crosses its legs at each step

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e2:o1:1
# text = The bird crosses its legs at each step
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crosses	cross	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | present | the bird | bird's legs |  |  |  | at each step | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bird proceeds exclusively by hopping upon one foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e2:o2:1
# text = The bird proceeds exclusively by hopping upon one foot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | the bird |  |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hop** | gerund | the bird *not said here* |  |  | one foot |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon foot=Trajectory |

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

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Each foot bears two toes directed forward and two directed backward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e2:o3:1
# text = Each foot bears two toes directed forward and two directed backward
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	directed	direct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
10	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	backward	backward	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | past | each foot bears |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **direct** | participle | two |  |  |  |  | backward *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bird drags its tail transversely across its tracks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:e2:o4:1
# text = The bird drags its tail transversely across its tracks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drags	drag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	transversely	transversely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | present | the bird | bird's tail |  | bird's tracks |  | transversely *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |

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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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