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title: get out of the way!! the elephant's got its ears spread and its head… — Elephants: families, tusks, ears and m… · tree and pragmatics
description: get out of the way!! the elephant's got its ears spread and its head shaking Test 7 · ★ of lesson 22 «Elephants: families, tusks, ears and memory» 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 7 · ★ · Elephants: families, tusks, ears and memory

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get out of the way!! the elephant's got its ears spread and its head shaking

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elephant, ears · **What happens:** get out, get, spread · **To what, where:** way

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 22 «Elephants: families, tusks, ears and memory» 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/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t7:1
# text = get out of the way!! the elephant's got its ears spread and its head shaking
1	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | infinitive |  | the way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present · passive | the elephant |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **spread** | past | elephant's ears |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wave your arms and go closer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t7:o1:1
# text = Wave your arms and go closer
1	Wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	closer	close	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | imperative | you *not said here* | your arms |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, run straight past it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t7:o2:1
# text = No, run straight past it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	past	past	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  | straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past it=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Climb up onto its back and stroke it to calm it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t7:o3:1
# text = Climb up onto its back and stroke it to calm it down
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stroke	stroke	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | its back |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto back=Trajectory |
| 2 | **stroke** | infinitive | you *not said here* | back |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **calm down** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | back |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yes, back away slowly to a safe distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, back away slowly to a safe distance
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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