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# Test 6 · ★ · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

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«saw a coyote by the bus stop in LA, escaped from a zoo or wot» What is most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** see, escape, be · **To what, where:** coyote, zoo

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t6:1
# text = «saw a coyote by the bus stop in LA, escaped from a zoo or wot» What is most likely?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	LA	LA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	wot	wot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	22	advmod	_	_
22	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | a coyote |  |  |  | by the bus stop in LA | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coyote=Stimulus |
| 2 | **escape** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  | a zoo or wot |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from zoo=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *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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Coyotes never come near people's towns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t6:o1:1
# text = Coyotes never come near people's towns
1	Coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | present | Coyotes |  |  | people's towns |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near town=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was surely a lost pet dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t6:o2:1
# text = It was surely a lost pet dog
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | It | a lost pet dog |  |  |  | surely *property* | tree rules |

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

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Coyotes live wild in many cities and move about at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t6:o3:1
# text = Coyotes live wild in many cities and move about at night
1	Coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Coyotes |  |  | many cities |  | wild *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location |
| 2 | **move about** | present | Coyotes *not said here* |  |  |  | night | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It must have escaped from a zoo or a wildlife park nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t6:o4:1
# text = It must have escaped from a zoo or a wildlife park nearby
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | must · perfect · passive |  | It |  | a zoo or a wildlife park |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location |

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