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What would really happen to an ant that big? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giant ant · **What happens:** chase, happen · **To what, where:** city, monster film This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 365 «Tiny champions: the strongest beetle, the highest-jumping flea and the leggiest millipede» 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/365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a monster film, a giant ant the size of a bus chases a city. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede:t2:1 # text = In a monster film, a giant ant the size of a bus chases a city. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:unmarked _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 14 chases chase VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | present | a giant ant the size of a bus | a city | | a monster film | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent city=Theme in film=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would really happen to an ant that big? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede:t2:2 # text = What would really happen to an ant that big? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a ant | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It could lift 50 buses at once, because ants get stronger as they get bigger ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede:t2:o1:1 # text = It could lift 50 buses at once, because ants get stronger as they get bigger 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 xcomp _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 16 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | could | It | 50 buses | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bus=Theme at once=Destination | | 2 | **get** | present | ants | | | | | strong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **get** | present | ants *= ant* | | | | | big *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Its legs could hardly hold up its huge weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede:t2:o2:1 # text = Its legs could hardly hold up its huge weight 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold up** | could | Its legs | its huge weight | | | | hardly *property* | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weight=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would be even faster than now ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede:t2:o3:1 # text = It would be even faster than now 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | would | It | | | | | fast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It could jump over skyscrapers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede:t2:o4:1 # text = It could jump over skyscrapers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 skyscrapers skyscraper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | could | It | | | skyscrapers | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over skyscraper=Trajectory | **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. 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