--- title: «heard a chainsaw in the forest but no one was there, creepy» What c… — Australia's forests and Tasmania: devi… · tree and pragmatics description: «heard a chainsaw in the forest but no one was there, creepy» What could it be? Test 3 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 question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Australia's forests and Tasmania: devi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds/) / t3 # Test 3 · Australia's forests and Tasmania: devils, cassowaries, lyr… «heard a chainsaw in the forest but no one was there, creepy» What could it be? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one, chainsaw · **What happens:** hear, be · **To what, where:** chainsaw, forest · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t3:1 # text = «heard a chainsaw in the forest but no one was there, creepy» What could it be? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chainsaw chainsaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 creepy creepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 16 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | | a chainsaw | | the forest | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | no one | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | no one *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **can** | could | chainsaw | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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} A quokka laughing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t3:o1:1 # text = A quokka laughing 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 quokka quokka NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | gerund | a quokka *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} A wombat digging its burrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t3:o2:1 # text = A wombat digging its burrow 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wombat wombat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 digging dig VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 burrow burrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | gerund | a wombat *not said here* | wombat's burrow | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent burrow=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A cassowary kicking a tree trunk hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t3:o3:1 # text = A cassowary kicking a tree trunk hard 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cassowary cassowary NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 kicking kick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | gerund | a cassowary *not said here* | a tree trunk | | | | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent trunk=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A lyrebird copying the sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds:t3:o4:1 # text = A lyrebird copying the sound 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lyrebird lyrebird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 copying copy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | gerund | a lyrebird *not said here* | the sound | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme | **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. 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