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title: What would be the weak point in a ring of musk oxen? — How animals defend themselves · tree and pragmatics
description: What would be the weak point in a ring of musk oxen? Test 10 of lesson 53 «How animals defend themselves» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · How animals defend themselves

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What would be the weak point in a ring of musk oxen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** weak point, ring

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This is test 10 of lesson 53 «How animals defend themselves» 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/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t10:1
# text = What would be the weak point in a ring of musk oxen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	musk	musk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would |  | the weak point |  | a ring of musk oxen |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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There is no weak point at all, the ring is perfect and wolves always give up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t10:o1:1
# text = There is no weak point at all, the ring is perfect and wolves always give up
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
16	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no weak point at all |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the ring |  |  |  |  | perfect *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give up** | present | wolves |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The middle, where the strongest stand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t10:o2:1
# text = The middle, where the strongest stand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	stand	stand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Any gap, or an ox that panics and runs, letting wolves in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t10:o3:1
# text = Any gap, or an ox that panics and runs, letting wolves in
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	panics	panic	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
10	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **panic** | present | a ox |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run** | present | any gap |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **let in** | gerund | any gap *not said here* | wolves |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The horns, which are soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t10:o4:1
# text = The horns, which are soft
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the horns |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | 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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