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title: «horses sleep lying down only, everyone knows» What is right? — Record-breakers: the fastest and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «horses sleep lying down only, everyone knows» What is right? Test 9 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the fastest and the slowest

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«horses sleep lying down only, everyone knows» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horses, everyone · **What happens:** sleep, lie down, know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t9:1
# text = «horses sleep lying down only, everyone knows» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present | horses |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie down** *in a quote* | gerund | horses *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Horses can doze standing up because tendons lock their legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t9:o1:1
# text = Horses can doze standing up because tendons lock their legs
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	doze	doze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	tendons	tendon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lock	lock	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doze** | can | Horses |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand up** | gerund | Horses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lock** | present | tendons | tendons's legs |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Horses sleep hanging upside down from trees, like bats in a cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t9:o2:1
# text = Horses sleep hanging upside down from trees, like bats in a cave
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	upside	upside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | Horses |  |  | a cave |  | like bats | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang down** | gerund | Horses *not said here* | upside |  | trees |  | down *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent upside=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Right, they always lie down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t9:o3:1
# text = Right, they always lie down
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | present | they |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Horses never sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:185-record-breakers-the-fastest-and-the-slowest:t9:o4:1
# text = Horses never sleep
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | present | Horses |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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