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title: In a cartoon an elephant is scared of a tiny mouse and climbs a chai… — Elephants: the trunk and everything it… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon an elephant is scared of a tiny mouse and climbs a chair. What is the real story? Test 10 of lesson 21 «Elephants: the trunk and everything it does» 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 
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# Test 10 · Elephants: the trunk and everything it does

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In a cartoon an elephant is scared of a tiny mouse and climbs a chair. What is the real story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** elephant, real story · **What happens:** be, climb · **To what, where:** cartoon, chair

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This is test 10 of lesson 21 «Elephants: the trunk and everything it does» 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/21-elephants-the-trunk/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon an elephant is scared of a tiny mouse and climbs a chair.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:21-elephants-the-trunk:t10:1
# text = In a cartoon an elephant is scared of a tiny mouse and climbs a chair.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a elephant |  |  | a cartoon |  | of a tiny mouse; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb** | present | a elephant *not said here* | a chair |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location chair=Theme |

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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:* What is the real story?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:21-elephants-the-trunk:t10:2
# text = What is the real story?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real story |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Every elephant faints when it sees a mouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:21-elephants-the-trunk:t10:o1:1
# text = Every elephant faints when it sees a mouse
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	faints	faint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | present | every elephant |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **see** | present | elephant | a mouse |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Elephants are afraid only of grey mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:21-elephants-the-trunk:t10:o2:1
# text = Elephants are afraid only of grey mice
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Elephants |  |  |  |  | of grey mice; afraid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Elephants run from mice because mice climb up the trunk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:21-elephants-the-trunk:t10:o3:1
# text = Elephants run from mice because mice climb up the trunk
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Elephants |  |  |  |  | from mice | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from mouse=Trajectory |
| 2 | **climb up** | present | mice | the trunk |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location trunk=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Elephants may startle at small things but are not specially afraid of mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:21-elephants-the-trunk:t10:o4:1
# text = Elephants may startle at small things but are not specially afraid of mice
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	startle	startle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	specially	specially	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **startle** | may | Elephants |  |  | small things |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | Elephants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of mice; afraid, specially *property* | tree rules |

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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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