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# Test 8 · ★ · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

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«2 coyotes yipping out there, sounds like 20, run for it» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** 2 coyotes · **What happens:** yip, sound, run, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t8:1
# text = «2 coyotes yipping out there, sounds like 20, run for it» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	yipping	yip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yip** *in a quote* | gerund | 2 coyotes *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | 2 coyotes |  |  |  |  | like 20 | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive | 2 coyotes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for it | tree rules |
| 4 | **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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It must be wolves, coyotes are silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t8:o1:1
# text = It must be wolves, coyotes are silent
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must | It | wolves and coyotes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | wolves and coyotes |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Coyotes always call in groups of ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t8:o2:1
# text = Coyotes always call in groups of ten
1	Coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Coyotes |  |  | groups of ten |  | always *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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There must really be twenty of them out there in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t8:o3:1
# text = There must really be twenty of them out there in the dark
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	9	expl	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive |  | twenty |  |  |  | of them *= they* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Two coyotes' voices overlap and bounce, so they can sound like a pack

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t8:o4:1
# text = Two coyotes' voices overlap and bounce, so they can sound like a pack
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	overlap	overlap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	bounce	bounce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overlap** | present | Two coyotes's voices |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **bounce** | present | Two coyotes's voices *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sound** | can | voices *= voice* |  |  |  |  | like a pack | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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