--- title: What would happen if a cheetah tried to chase a gazelle for a whole… — The big cats house: snow leopards, jag… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a cheetah tried to chase a gazelle for a whole kilometre at top speed? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/t6/) [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/) / [The big cats house: snow leopards, jag…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and… What would happen if a cheetah tried to chase a gazelle for a whole kilometre at top speed? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cheetah · **What happens:** happen, try, chase · **To what, where:** gazelle, top speed This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» 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/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:t6:1 # text = What would happen if a cheetah tried to chase a gazelle for a whole kilometre at top speed? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cheetah cheetah NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 kilometre kilometre NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a cheetah | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **chase** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a cheetah *not said here* | a gazelle | | top speed | | for a whole kilometre | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gazelle=Theme at speed=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It would just keep getting faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:t6:o1:1 # text = It would just keep getting faster 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would overheat and have to stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:t6:o2:1 # text = It would overheat and have to stop 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 overheat overheat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overheat** | would | It | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **have** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, cheetahs never tire ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:t6:o3:1 # text = Nothing, cheetahs never tire 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cheetahs cheetah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 tire tire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tire** | present | Nothing cheetahs | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would turn into a leopard ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:t6:o4:1 # text = It would turn into a leopard 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 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | | | into a leopard *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into leopard=Result | **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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