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title: Why would roaring and walking side by side be better for stags than… — Deer: antlers that fall off and grow a… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

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Why would roaring and walking side by side be better for stags than fighting at once?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** roar, walk, be, fight · **To what, where:** side

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 318 «Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe deer, moose, muntjac and water deer» 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/318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t10:1
# text = Why would roaring and walking side by side be better for stags than fighting at once?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	stags	stag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund |  | side |  |  |  | by side | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent side=Theme by side=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for stags; good *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **fight** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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They are too tired to fight in autumn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t10:o1:1
# text = They are too tired to fight in autumn
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  | autumn |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Roaring makes the antlers grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t10:o2:1
# text = Roaring makes the antlers grow
1	Roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow** | present | the antlers |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The weaker stag can see he would lose and leave unhurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t10:o3:1
# text = The weaker stag can see he would lose and leave unhurt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	unhurt	unhurt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | the weaker stag |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lose** | would | stag |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | infinitive | the weaker stag *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unhurt *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fighting is forbidden by the herd leader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t10:o4:1
# text = Fighting is forbidden by the herd leader
1	Fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | the herd leader | Fighting |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

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