--- title: Why would digging fast be just as good as armour for an armadillo? — How animals defend themselves · tree and pragmatics description: Why would digging fast be just as good as armour for an armadillo? Test 11 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [How animals defend themselves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/) / t11 # Test 11 · How animals defend themselves Why would digging fast be just as good as armour for an armadillo? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** dig, be This is test 11 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t11:1 # text = Why would digging fast be just as good as armour for an armadillo? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 armadillo armadillo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | would | | | | | | for a armadillo | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for armadillo=Theme | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | as armour; fast, good *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It can get its soft belly safely underground before an attacker comes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t11:o1:1 # text = It can get its soft belly safely underground before an attacker comes 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 safely safely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 underground underground ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 attacker attacker NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | can | It | its soft belly | | | | underground *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer belly=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | present | a attacker | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Armadillos dig to find more armour ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t11:o2:1 # text = Armadillos dig to find more armour 1 Armadillos armadillo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dig dig VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | present | Armadillos | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Armadillos *not said here* | more armour | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armour=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Digging makes its shell grow thicker and harder every time ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t11:o3:1 # text = Digging makes its shell grow thicker and harder every time 1 Digging dig VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | gerund | | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | | its shell | | | time | thick *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | present | its shell *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Predators are afraid of mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t11:o4:1 # text = Predators are afraid of mud 1 Predators predator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Predators | | | | | of mud; afraid *property* | tree rules | **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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