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# Test 11 · ★★ · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

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«why do car people in Sweden do a 'moose test'» What is the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** car people · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** moose test, answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11).

## 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:t11:1
# text = «why do car people in Sweden do a 'moose test'» What is the answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	csubj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · do-support | car people in Sweden | a moose test |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality |
| 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They count how many moose they can spot from the car in one hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t11:o1:1
# text = They count how many moose they can spot from the car in one hour
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	spot	spot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | They | many moose |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moose=Theme |
| 2 | **spot** | can | they | many moose *not said here* |  | the car | hour |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme moose=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They test if moose can drive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t11:o2:1
# text = They test if moose can drive
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	test	test	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drive** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | moose |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Moose crashes are dangerous, so cars are tested on a sharp swerve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t11:o3:1
# text = Moose crashes are dangerous, so cars are tested on a sharp swerve
1	Moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	crashes	crash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	swerve	swerve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Moose crashes |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **test** | present · passive |  | cars |  | a sharp swerve |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They paint moose on cars for luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t11:o4:1
# text = They paint moose on cars for luck
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paint	paint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present | They | moose |  | cars |  | for luck | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent moose=Theme on car=Destination |

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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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