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title: «just a stupid bag, why'd the elephant freak out» Why might any big… — Myth check: are elephants scared of mi… · tree and pragmatics
description: «just a stupid bag, why'd the elephant freak out» Why might any big animal shy at a bag? Test 9 · ★★ 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's choice was
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?

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«just a stupid bag, why'd the elephant freak out» Why might any big animal shy at a bag?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t9:1
# text = «just a stupid bag, why'd the elephant freak out» Why might any big animal shy at a bag?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	freak	freak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
15	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	det	_	_
17	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	shy	shy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A sudden strange movement near the feet could be a danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t9:o1:1
# text = A sudden strange movement near the feet could be a danger
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | could | a sudden strange movement near the feet | a danger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Elephants want to eat plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t9:o2:1
# text = Elephants want to eat plastic
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Elephants |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Elephants *not said here* | plastic |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plastic=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Elephants hate the colour white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t9:o3:1
# text = Elephants hate the colour white
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	white	white	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Elephants | the colour white |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer white=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bag smelled of bees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice:t9:o4:1
# text = The bag smelled of bees
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | the bag |  |  |  |  | of bees | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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