--- title: In the game Lemmings, little creatures march off cliffs unless you s… — The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic f… · tree and pragmatics description: In the game Lemmings, little creatures march off cliffs unless you stop them. What is true of real lemmings? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 168 «The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and the truth about lemmings» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings/t1/) [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/) / [The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and… In the game Lemmings, little creatures march off cliffs unless you stop them. What is true of real lemmings? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little creatures, you · **What happens:** march off, stop, be · **To what, where:** cliffs, game Lemmings, creatures This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 168 «The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and the truth about lemmings» 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/168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In the game Lemmings, little creatures march off cliffs unless you stop them. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t1:1 # text = In the game Lemmings, little creatures march off cliffs unless you stop them. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Lemmings lemming NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 march march VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **march off** | present | little creatures | cliffs | | the game Lemmings | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lemming=Trajectory | | 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | creatures *= creature* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector they=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is true of real lemmings? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t1:2 # text = What is true of real lemmings? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lemmings lemming NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | of real lemmings; true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They march off cliffs every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t1:o1:1 # text = They march off cliffs every day 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 march march VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **march off** | present | They | cliffs | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They float down from cliffs on tiny umbrellas, all together ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t1:o2:1 # text = They float down from cliffs on tiny umbrellas, all together 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 float float VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 umbrellas umbrella NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float down** | present | They | | | cliffs | | on tiny umbrellas; down *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme from cliff=Source on umbrella=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They do not jump off cliffs on purpose; the idea is a myth ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t1:o3:1 # text = They do not jump off cliffs on purpose; the idea is a myth 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **jump off** | present · do-support | They | cliffs | | purpose | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cliff=Theme on purpose=Trajectory | | 2 | **is a** | present | the idea | a myth | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They need a player to save them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:t1:o4:1 # text = They need a player to save them 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | They | a player | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot player=Theme | | 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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