--- title: A gerbil thumps its feet hard and the others run into their tunnels.… — Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice · tree and pragmatics description: A gerbil thumps its feet hard and the others run into their tunnels. What did the thump mean? 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What did the thump mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gerbil, others, thump · **What happens:** thump, run, mean · **To what, where:** feet, tunnels This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 202 «Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice» 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/202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A gerbil thumps its feet hard and the others run into their tunnels. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t11:1 # text = A gerbil thumps its feet hard and the others run into their tunnels. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gerbil gerbil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thumps thump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 tunnels tunnel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thump** | present | a gerbil | gerbil's feet | | | | hard *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 2 | **run** | present | the others | | | | | into others's tunnels *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into tunnel=Result | 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 did the thump mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t11:2 # text = What did the thump mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thump thump NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past · do-support | the thump | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} An invitation to eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t11:o1:1 # text = An invitation to eat 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} A song for the owner ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t11:o2:1 # text = A song for the owner 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A warning of danger ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t11:o3:1 # text = A warning of danger 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** | | | danger | | | | | nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A sign it is going to sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t11:o4:1 # text = A sign it is going to sleep 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | sign | a sign *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | sign *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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