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Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 185 «Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest/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/) / [Record-breakers: the fastest and the s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest In Looney Tunes the Road Runner always outruns the coyote. What is true in real life? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Road Runner · **What happens:** outrun, be · **To what, where:** coyote, Looney Tunes, real life This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 185 «Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest» 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/185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In Looney Tunes the Road Runner always outruns the coyote. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t1:1 # text = In Looney Tunes the Road Runner always outruns the coyote. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 Looney Looney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Tunes Tune PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Road Road PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Runner Runner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 outruns outrun VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 coyote coyote NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **outrun** | present | the Road Runner | the coyote | | Looney Tunes | | always *property* | tree rules | 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 in real life? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t1:2 # text = What is true in real life? 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 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | real life | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Coyotes are slower than sloths ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t1:o1:1 # text = Coyotes are slower than sloths 1 Coyotes coyote NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sloths sloth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Coyotes | | | | | than sloths; slow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A real coyote runs about twice as fast as a real roadrunner ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t1:o2:1 # text = A real coyote runs about twice as fast as a real roadrunner 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 coyote coyote NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 roadrunner roadrunner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run about** | present | a real coyote | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Roadrunners are faster than cheetahs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t1:o3:1 # text = Roadrunners are faster than cheetahs 1 Roadrunners roadrunner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 cheetahs cheetah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Roadrunners | | | | | than cheetahs; fast *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Roadrunners are the fastest birds alive ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t1:o4:1 # text = Roadrunners are the fastest birds alive 1 Roadrunners roadrunner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Roadrunners | the fastest birds | | | | | tree rules | **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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