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title: My mate says a cheetah can run 100 km per hour all day long. right? — Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: My mate says a cheetah can run 100 km per hour all day long. right? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat

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My mate says a cheetah can run 100 km per hour all day long. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, cheetah · **What happens:** say, run · **To what, where:** 100 km · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» 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/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t3:1
# text = My mate says a cheetah can run 100 km per hour all day long. right?
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	km	km	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	per	per	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
16	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **run** | can | a cheetah | 100 km |  |  | per hour; day | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme km=Trajectory |

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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 {#o1}

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No, cheetahs walk everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t3:o1:1
# text = No, cheetahs walk everywhere
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cheetahs	cheetah	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | cheetahs |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, it can sprint that fast only for about 20 to 30 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t3:o2:1
# text = No, it can sprint that fast only for about 20 to 30 seconds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	sprint	sprint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
14	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprint** | can | it | that |  |  | second | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location that=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, cheetahs run faster than planes and never need to stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, cheetahs run faster than planes and never need to stop
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cheetahs	cheetah	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | cheetahs |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **need** | present | cheetahs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | cheetahs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, it never gets tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, it never gets tired
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | present | it |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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