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title: «why'd the herd suddenly turn and leave, there was just some buzzing… — Myth check: are elephants scared of mi… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why'd the herd suddenly turn and leave, there was just some buzzing» What is the most likely reason? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 149 «Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?

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«why'd the herd suddenly turn and leave, there was just some buzzing» What is the most likely reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** herd, likely reason · **What happens:** turn, leave, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 149 «Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?» 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/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t5:1
# text = «why'd the herd suddenly turn and leave, there was just some buzzing» What is the most likely reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	buzzing	buzzing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	21	advmod	_	_
21	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** *in a quote* | infinitive | the herd |  |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | the herd *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the likely reason |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They heard rain coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t5:o1:1
# text = They heard rain coming
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | They | rain |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | rain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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They heard angry bees and warned each other with a rumble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t5:o2:1
# text = They heard angry bees and warned each other with a rumble
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	6	obj	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	fixed	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rumble	rumble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | They | angry bees |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bee=Stimulus |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | They *not said here* | each |  |  |  | with a rumble | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They heard a mouse and panicked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t5:o3:1
# text = They heard a mouse and panicked
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	panicked	panic	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | They | a mouse |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus |
| 2 | **panic** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They heard the farmer's radio

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t5:o4:1
# text = They heard the farmer's radio
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | They | the farmer's radio |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer radio=Stimulus |
| 2 | **radio** |  | the farmer |  |  |  |  |  | nom radio «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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