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description: Sonic the hedgehog runs faster than sound. What would a real hedgehog do if you put it on a racetrack? Test 7 · ★★ 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'
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right

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Sonic the hedgehog runs faster than sound. What would a real hedgehog do if you put it on a racetrack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sonic, real hedgehog, you · **What happens:** run, do, put · **To what, where:** hedgehog, racetrack

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sonic the hedgehog runs faster than sound.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t7:1
# text = Sonic the hedgehog runs faster than sound.
1	Sonic	Sonic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Sonic |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would a real hedgehog do if you put it on a racetrack?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t7:2
# text = What would a real hedgehog do if you put it on a racetrack?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	put	put	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	racetrack	racetrack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would | a real hedgehog |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | hedgehog |  | a racetrack |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on racetrack=Destination |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dig straight down into the tarmac and hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t7:o1:1
# text = Dig straight down into the tarmac and hide
1	Dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tarmac	tarmac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the tarmac; down *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent into tarmac=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Walk or trot slowly, maybe curl into a ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t7:o2:1
# text = Walk or trot slowly, maybe curl into a ball
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	trot	trot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	curl	curl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **trot** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **curl** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | a ball |  | maybe *property* | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fly over the track

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t7:o3:1
# text = Fly over the track
1	Fly	fly	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the track |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over track=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Run faster than a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t7:o4:1
# text = Run faster than a horse
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	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* |  |  |  |  | than a horse; fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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