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title: Why might native peoples of the South-west have seen the roadrunner'… — Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might native peoples of the South-west have seen the roadrunner's X track as a protection sign? Test 10 · ★ 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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# Test 10 · ★ · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

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Why might native peoples of the South-west have seen the roadrunner's X track as a protection sign?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** see · **To what, where:** native peoples

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t10:1
# text = Why might native peoples of the South-west have seen the roadrunner's X track as a protection sign?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	west	west	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	X	x	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	compound	_	_
16	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · perfect · passive |  | native peoples of the South |  |  |  | as a protection sign; west *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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It frightens away coyotes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t10:o1:1
# text = It frightens away coyotes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	frightens	frighten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten away** | present | It | coyotes |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus coyote=Experiencer |

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

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You cannot tell which way the bird went

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t10:o2:1
# text = You cannot tell which way the bird went
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | You | which way |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient |
| 2 | **go** | past | the bird | which way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It shows the bird brings good luck to any family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t10:o3:1
# text = It shows the bird brings good luck to any family
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bring** | present | the bird | good luck |  | any family |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent luck=Theme to family=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It points to water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t10:o4:1
# text = It points to water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | present | It | water |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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