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title: «road runner's well faster than the coyote, cartoon proves it» What… — The desert: living with little water · tree and pragmatics
description: «road runner's well faster than the coyote, cartoon proves it» What is right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «The desert: living with little water» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · The desert: living with little water

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«road runner's well faster than the coyote, cartoon proves it» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** road runner · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «The desert: living with little water» 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/5-the-desert/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t1:1
# text = «road runner's well faster than the coyote, cartoon proves it» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | road runner |  |  |  |  | than the coyote; fast, prove *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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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Yes, roadrunners run at 300 km per hour, faster than any car on the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, roadrunners run at 300 km per hour, faster than any car on the road
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	roadrunners	roadrunner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	km	km	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	per	per	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | roadrunners |  |  | 300 km per hour |  | on the road | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at km=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, roadrunners can fly away at jet speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t1:o2:1
# text = No, roadrunners can fly away at jet speed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	roadrunners	roadrunner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	jet	jet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly away** | can | roadrunners |  |  | jet speed |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, coyotes can never catch them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, coyotes can never catch them
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	coyotes	coyote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | can | coyotes | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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

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A real coyote runs about twice as fast and sometimes catches roadrunners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t1:o4:1
# text = A real coyote runs about twice as fast and sometimes catches roadrunners
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	roadrunners	roadrunner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run about** | present | a real coyote |  |  |  |  | fast, twice *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | present | a real coyote *not said here* | roadrunners |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roadrunner=Theme |

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