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title: In the film Turbo a snail wins a car race. Which real animal can bea… — Record-breakers: the fastest and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the film Turbo a snail wins a car race. Which real animal can beat a car on a motorway? Test 3 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest

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In the film Turbo a snail wins a car race. Which real animal can beat a car on a motorway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snail, real animal · **What happens:** win, beat · **To what, where:** car race, film, car

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the film Turbo a snail wins a car race.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t3:1
# text = In the film Turbo a snail wins a car race.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	Turbo	Turbo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | a snail | a car race |  | the film |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |

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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 real animal can beat a car on a motorway?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t3:2
# text = Which real animal can beat a car on a motorway?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	motorway	motorway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | can | which real animal | a car |  |  |  | on a motorway | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent car=Instrument on motorway=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A tortoise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t3:o1:1
# text = A tortoise
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A falcon diving, and maybe a free-tailed bat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t3:o2:1
# text = A falcon diving, and maybe a free-tailed bat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	falcon	falcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	diving	diving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	tailed	tail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A garden snail sliding downhill on a wet, rainy day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t3:o3:1
# text = A garden snail sliding downhill on a wet, rainy day
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sliding	slide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	downhill	downhill	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	rainy	rainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | gerund | a garden snail *not said here* |  |  |  | day | downhill *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t3:o4:1
# text = A sloth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sloth	sloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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