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title: In a cartoon an elephant screams and climbs on a chair when a mouse… — The elephant house: herds, feet, food… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon an elephant screams and climbs on a chair when a mouse runs in. What would you fix? Test 1 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 1 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth

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In a cartoon an elephant screams and climbs on a chair when a mouse runs in. What would you fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** elephant, mouse, you · **What happens:** scream, climb, run, fix · **To what, where:** cartoon, chair

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This is test 1 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon an elephant screams and climbs on a chair when a mouse runs in.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t1:1
# text = In a cartoon an elephant screams and climbs on a chair when a mouse runs in.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	screams	scream	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | a elephant |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **climb** | present | a elephant *not said here* |  |  | a chair |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on chair=Trajectory |
| 3 | **run** | present | a mouse |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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:* What would you fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t1:2
# text = What would you fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Elephants chase and eat mice instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t1:o1:1
# text = Elephants chase and eat mice instead
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chase	chase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present | Elephants |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** | present | Elephants *not said here* | mice |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, mice are an elephant's worst fear, everyone knows that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t1:o2:1
# text = Right, mice are an elephant's worst fear, everyone knows that
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | mice | a elephant's worst fear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | everyone | a elephant's worst fear |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Right, elephants faint when they see mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t1:o3:1
# text = Right, elephants faint when they see mice
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	faint	faint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | present | elephants |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **see** | present | elephants *= elephant* | mice |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus |

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

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A real elephant may step aside, but is not afraid of mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t1:o4:1
# text = A real elephant may step aside, but is not afraid of mice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | may | a real elephant |  |  |  |  | aside *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | a real elephant *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of mice; afraid *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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