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title: «why's the bull in the cartoon mad at red, are bulls weird» What is… — Cartoon pets and animal myths put right · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's the bull in the cartoon mad at red, are bulls weird» What is the real answer? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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 5 · ★★ · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right

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«why's the bull in the cartoon mad at red, are bulls weird» What is the real answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bull · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bull, cartoon, real answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t5:1
# text = «why's the bull in the cartoon mad at red, are bulls weird» What is the real answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | the bull |  | the cartoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the bull |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the real answer |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Red smells bad to bulls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t5:o1:1
# text = Red smells bad to bulls
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	smells	smell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bulls are scared of all bright colours, but red frightens them most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t5:o2:1
# text = Bulls are scared of all bright colours, but red frightens them most
1	Bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	frightens	frighten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bulls |  |  |  |  | of all bright colours; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **frighten** | present | red | Bulls *= bull* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bulls hate the colour red most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t5:o3:1
# text = Bulls hate the colour red most
1	Bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Bulls | the colour red |  |  |  | most *obl* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus |

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

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Bulls barely see red; the moving cape makes them charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t5:o4:1
# text = Bulls barely see red; the moving cape makes them charge
1	Bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Bulls | red |  |  |  | barely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present | the moving cape | Bulls *= bull* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **charge** | infinitive | Bulls *= bull* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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