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title: A scientist waves a still red cape and a moving blue cape at a bull.… — More animal myths: red rags, camel hum… · tree and pragmatics
description: A scientist waves a still red cape and a moving blue cape at a bull. Which will the bull most likely charge? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

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A scientist waves a still red cape and a moving blue cape at a bull. Which will the bull most likely charge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scientist, bull · **What happens:** wave, move, charge · **To what, where:** red cape

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» 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/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A scientist waves a still red cape and a moving blue cape at a bull.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t12:1
# text = A scientist waves a still red cape and a moving blue cape at a bull.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waves	wave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
11	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | a scientist | a red cape and a moving blue cape at a bull |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cape=Patient |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Which will the bull most likely charge?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t12:2
# text = Which will the bull most likely charge?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | future | the bull |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location which=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both at the same moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t12:o1:1
# text = Both at the same moment
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither, bulls never charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t12:o2:1
# text = Neither, bulls never charge
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	charge	charge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **charge** | present | bulls |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The still bright red cape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t12:o3:1
# text = The still bright red cape
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The moving blue cape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t12:o4:1
# text = The moving blue cape
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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