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title: «coyotes can never catch roadrunners, cartoon proves it» What is rig… — Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «coyotes can never catch roadrunners, cartoon proves it» What is right? Test 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Test 1 · ★ · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

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«coyotes can never catch roadrunners, cartoon proves it» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** coyotes, catch cartoon · **What happens:** not catch, prove, be · **To what, where:** roadrunners, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 122 «Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote» 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/122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t1:1
# text = «coyotes can never catch roadrunners, cartoon proves it» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	compound	_	_
6	roadrunners	roadrunner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** *in a quote* | can | coyotes | roadrunners |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roadrunner=Theme |
| 2 | **prove** *in a quote* | present | catch cartoon | it |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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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True, roadrunners fly away every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t1:o1:1
# text = True, roadrunners fly away every time
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	roadrunners	roadrunner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly away** | present | True roadrunners |  |  |  | time | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Coyotes are faster and sometimes catch them, though roadrunners often dodge into bushes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t1:o2:1
# text = Coyotes are faster and sometimes catch them, though roadrunners often dodge into bushes
1	Coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	roadrunners	roadrunner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	dodge	dodge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Coyotes |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | present | Coyotes *not said here* | Coyotes *= coyote* |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **dodge** | present | roadrunners |  |  | bushes |  | often *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True, roadrunners are the fastest animals on Earth, faster than any cheetah or car

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t1:o3:1
# text = True, roadrunners are the fastest animals on Earth, faster than any cheetah or car
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	roadrunners	roadrunner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | True roadrunners | the fastest animals |  | Earth |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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True, coyotes do not eat birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t1:o4:1
# text = True, coyotes do not eat birds
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present · do-support | True coyotes | birds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |

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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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