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title: You feel a deep shaking through the floor but hear almost nothing. W… — The elephant house: herds, feet, food… · tree and pragmatics
description: You feel a deep shaking through the floor but hear almost nothing. What could it be? Test 9 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; Mova's choic
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# Test 9 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth

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You feel a deep shaking through the floor but hear almost nothing. What could it be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, shaking · **What happens:** feel, hear, be · **To what, where:** deep shaking, floor, nothing

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You feel a deep shaking through the floor but hear almost nothing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t9:1
# text = You feel a deep shaking through the floor but hear almost nothing.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | You | a deep shaking |  | the floor |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shaking=Theme through floor=Location |
| 2 | **hear** | present | You *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

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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 could it be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t9:2
# text = What could it be?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	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 | **can** | could | shaking |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The elephants snoring in their sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t9:o1:1
# text = The elephants snoring in their sleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	snoring	snore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snore** | gerund | the elephants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in elephants's sleep | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sleep=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** |  | elephants *= elephant* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A tiger roaring next door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t9:o2:1
# text = A tiger roaring next door
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | gerund | a tiger *not said here* | next door |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An earthquake caused by elephant footsteps on the hard ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t9:o3:1
# text = An earthquake caused by elephant footsteps on the hard ground
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	footsteps	footstep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle |  | a earthquake *not said here* |  | the hard ground |  | by elephant footsteps | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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An elephant rumbling too low for us to hear well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:t9:o4:1
# text = An elephant rumbling too low for us to hear well
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rumbling	rumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rumble** | gerund | a elephant |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | us |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

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