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title: In the book the field-mice hurry to move house «before those horrid… — The real animals of the Wild Wood: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the book the field-mice hurry to move house «before those horrid machines begin clicking round the fields». Is that a real danger? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» of the biology course
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

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In the book the field-mice hurry to move house «before those horrid machines begin clicking round the fields». Is that a real danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** field mice, horrid machines · **What happens:** hurry, move, begin, click, be · **To what, where:** book, house, real danger

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» 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/405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the book the field-mice hurry to move house «before those horrid machines begin clicking round the fields».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t7:1
# text = In the book the field-mice hurry to move house «before those horrid machines begin clicking round the fields».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hurry	hurry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
15	horrid	horrid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	begin	begin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
18	clicking	click	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	xcomp	_	_
19	round	round	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry** | present | the field mice |  |  | the book |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | the field mice *not said here* | house |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
| 3 | **begin** *in a quote* | present | that horrid machines |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **click** *in a quote* | gerund | that horrid machines *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round the fields | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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:* Is that a real danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t7:2
# text = Is that a real danger?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a real danger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, mice never live anywhere near the wheat fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t7:o1:1
# text = No, mice never live anywhere near the wheat fields
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **live** | present | mice |  |  | the wheat fields |  | anywhere *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near field=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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No, mice live only in houses and barns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t7:o2:1
# text = No, mice live only in houses and barns
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	barns	barn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | mice |  |  | houses and barns |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, harvest machines carefully drive round all the mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t7:o3:1
# text = No, harvest machines carefully drive round all the mice
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	drive	drive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | harvest machines |  |  |  |  | round all mice; carefully *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round mouse=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yes, harvesting machines can wreck harvest mice's nests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, harvesting machines can wreck harvest mice's nests
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	harvesting	harvest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	wreck	wreck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harvest** | gerund |  | machines |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wreck** | can | harvesting | harvest mice's nests |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Patient |

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