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title: «gazelle's jumping up and down in front of the cheetah, it's mental»… — Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep… · tree and pragmatics
description: «gazelle's jumping up and down in front of the cheetah, it's mental» What may it be doing? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 139 «Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, gazelles, kangaroos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, g…

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«gazelle's jumping up and down in front of the cheetah, it's mental» What may it be doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, cheetah · **What happens:** jump up, be, do · **To what, where:** front · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 139 «Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, gazelles, kangaroos» 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/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t8:1
# text = «gazelle's jumping up and down in front of the cheetah, it's mental» What may it be doing?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	csubj	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	_
19	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	aux	_	_
22	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump up** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  | front of the cheetah |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | mental *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | may · progressive | cheetah |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Asking the cheetah to play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t8:o1:1
# text = Asking the cheetah to play
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | the cheetah |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent cheetah=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Showing it is fit, so the cheetah does not bother chasing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t8:o2:1
# text = Showing it is fit, so the cheetah does not bother chasing
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fit	fit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
12	chasing	chasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Showing |  |  |  |  | fit *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **bother** | present · do-support | the cheetah | chasing |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chasing=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has stepped on a thorn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t8:o3:1
# text = It has stepped on a thorn
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stepped	step	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  | a thorn |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Trying to scare the cheetah away by running at it and biting its legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t8:o4:1
# text = Trying to scare the cheetah away by running at it and biting its legs
1	Trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	biting	bite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **scare away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the cheetah |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cheetah=Experiencer |
| 3 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at cheetah | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at it=Trajectory |
| 4 | **bite** | gerund |  | cheetah's legs |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

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