--- title: «why's that beetle stopping and starting, is it stupid» — Record-breakers: the fastest and the s… · tree and pragmatics description: «why's that beetle stopping and starting, is it stupid» Test 8 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest «why's that beetle stopping and starting, is it stupid» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** beetle, it · **What happens:** stop, start, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t8:1 # text = «why's that beetle stopping and starting, is it stupid» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 csubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | present · progressive | that beetle | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **start** *in a quote* | gerund | that beetle *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | stupid *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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It runs so fast its eyes cannot keep up, so it stops to look ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t8:o1:1 # text = It runs so fast its eyes cannot keep up, so it stops to look 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | It | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **keep up** | can | its eyes | | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stop** | present | it | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is too tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t8:o2:1 # text = It is too tired 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t8:o3:1 # text = It is lost 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is playing a game ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t8:o4:1 # text = It is playing a game 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present · progressive | It | a game | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=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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