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title: «why do big dogs die younger, elephants live ages and they're huge»… — Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why do big dogs die younger, elephants live ages and they're huge» What is the best answer? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

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«why do big dogs die younger, elephants live ages and they're huge» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big dogs, elephants, best answer · **What happens:** die, live, be · **To what, where:** ages

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» 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/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t7:1
# text = «why do big dogs die younger, elephants live ages and they're huge» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	advcl	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** *in a quote* | present · do-support | big dogs |  |  |  |  | young *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **live** *in a quote* | present | elephants | ages |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme age=Location |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | elephants *= elephant* |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best 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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Big dogs are simply walked too much, and the exercise wears out their hearts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t7:o1:1
# text = Big dogs are simply walked too much, and the exercise wears out their hearts
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Big dogs |  |  |  |  | simply, walk *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear out** | present | the exercise | dogs's hearts |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent heart=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Big dogs actually live longest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t7:o2:1
# text = Big dogs actually live longest
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Big dogs | longest |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme long=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Among dogs the big ones usually age faster, a puzzle scientists still study

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t7:o3:1
# text = Among dogs the big ones usually age faster, a puzzle scientists still study
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	age	age	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	study	study	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **age** | present | dogs and the big ones |  |  |  |  | fast, usually *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **study** | present | a puzzle scientists |  |  |  | still |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Elephants are a kind of big dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t7:o4:1
# text = Elephants are a kind of big dog
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Elephants | a kind |  |  |  | of big dog | tree rules |

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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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