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title: A roadrunner meets a young rattlesnake. What might really happen? — Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A roadrunner meets a young rattlesnake. What might really happen? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

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A roadrunner meets a young rattlesnake. What might really happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** roadrunner · **What happens:** meet, happen · **To what, where:** young rattlesnake

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A roadrunner meets a young rattlesnake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t9:1
# text = A roadrunner meets a young rattlesnake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rattlesnake	rattlesnake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present | a roadrunner | a young rattlesnake |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rattlesnake=Co-Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What might really happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t9:2
# text = What might really happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | might |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The snake always eats the roadrunner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t9:o1:1
# text = The snake always eats the roadrunner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | the snake | the roadrunner |  |  |  | always *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roadrunner=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They ignore each other completely and walk on past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t9:o2:1
# text = They ignore each other completely and walk on past
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignore	ignore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obj	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	fixed	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present | They | each |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  | past |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on past=Trajectory |

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

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The roadrunner may kill it by whacking its head against a rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t9:o3:1
# text = The roadrunner may kill it by whacking its head against a rock
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	whacking	whack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | may | the roadrunner | it |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **whack** | gerund | the roadrunner *not said here* | roadrunner's head |  |  |  | against a rock | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument against rock=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The roadrunner always runs away, because all big snakes eat birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote:t9:o4:1
# text = The roadrunner always runs away, because all big snakes eat birds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | present | the roadrunner |  |  |  |  | always, away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | all big snakes | birds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |

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