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title: On a Christmas card Rudolph and the other reindeer pull Santa's slei… — Deer: antlers that fall off and grow a… · tree and pragmatics
description: On a Christmas card Rudolph and the other reindeer pull Santa's sleigh in late December with big antlers. What do some people joke? Test 5 · ★★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

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On a Christmas card Rudolph and the other reindeer pull Santa's sleigh in late December with big antlers. What do some people joke?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rudolph, people · **What happens:** pull, be, joke · **To what, where:** sleigh, Christmas card

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a Christmas card Rudolph and the other reindeer pull Santa's sleigh in late December with big antlers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t5:1
# text = On a Christmas card Rudolph and the other reindeer pull Santa's sleigh in late December with big antlers.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
5	Rudolph	Rudolph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	Santa	Santa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	sleigh	sleigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | Rudolph and the other reindeer | Santa's sleigh |  | a Christmas card | december | with big antlers | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleigh=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 do some people joke?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t5:2
# text = What do some people joke?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	joke	joke	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **joke** *speech: other* | present | some people |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Reindeer grow new antlers just for Christmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t5:o1:1
# text = Reindeer grow new antlers just for Christmas
1	Reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Reindeer | new antlers |  |  |  | for Christmas | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent antler=Product for christmas=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only male reindeer grow antlers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t5:o2:1
# text = Only male reindeer grow antlers
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | male reindeer | antlers |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They must be red deer dressed up in reindeer costumes for the Christmas card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t5:o3:1
# text = They must be red deer dressed up in reindeer costumes for the Christmas card
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	costumes	costume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	card	card	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 a** | must | They | red deer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dress up** | participle |  | red deer *not said here* |  | reindeer costumes |  | for the Christmas card | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Males drop antlers in early winter, so they may be females or young ones

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:t5:o4:1
# text = Males drop antlers in early winter, so they may be females or young ones
1	Males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | Males | antlers |  |  | winter |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antler=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | may | Males *= male* | females or young ones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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