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title: In Looney Tunes, Taz the Tasmanian devil spins like a tornado. What… — Australia's forests and Tasmania: devi… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Looney Tunes, Taz the Tasmanian devil spins like a tornado. What is the real devil like? Test 1 of lesson 167 «Australia's forests and Tasmania: devils, cassowaries, lyrebirds and cube-shaped droppings» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 1 · Australia's forests and Tasmania: devils, cassowaries, lyr…

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In Looney Tunes, Taz the Tasmanian devil spins like a tornado. What is the real devil like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tasmanian devil, real devil · **What happens:** spin, be · **To what, where:** Looney Tunes

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This is test 1 of lesson 167 «Australia's forests and Tasmania: devils, cassowaries, lyrebirds and cube-shaped droppings» 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/167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Looney Tunes, Taz the Tasmanian devil spins like a tornado.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t1:1
# text = In Looney Tunes, Taz the Tasmanian devil spins like a tornado.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Looney	Looney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Tunes	Tune	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Taz	Taz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Tasmanian	Tasmanian	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	_
8	devil	Devil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tornado	tornado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | the Tasmanian devil |  |  | Looney Tunes and Taz |  | like a tornado | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in tune=Trajectory |

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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 is the real devil like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t1:2
# text = What is the real devil like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real devil |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A dog-sized marsupial that screeches and squabbles over food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t1:o1:1
# text = A dog-sized marsupial that screeches and squabbles over food
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sized	size	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	marsupial	marsupial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	screeches	screech	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	squabbles	squabble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **size** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **screech** | present | a sized marsupial |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **squabble** | present | a sized marsupial *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over food | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over food=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A kind of devil with horns and a pointed tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t1:o2:1
# text = A kind of devil with horns and a pointed tail
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	pointed	pointed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A huge bear that eats trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t1:o3:1
# text = A huge bear that eats trees
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a huge bear | trees |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A spinning, tornado-shaped animal that eats anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t1:o4:1
# text = A spinning, tornado-shaped animal that eats anything
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spinning	spinning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	tornado	tornado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **eat** | present | shaped animal | anything |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

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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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