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description: Looking back: which earlier animal also got a new shape by running and hopping all day, as these two did by practising all night? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:…

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Looking back: which earlier animal also got a new shape by running and hopping all day, as these two did by practising all night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** earlier animal, two · **What happens:** look back, get, run, hop, practise · **To what, where:** new shape

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» of the books 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/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t10:1
# text = Looking back: which earlier animal also got a new shape by running and hopping all day, as these two did by practising all night?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
5	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nsubj	_	_
22	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	practising	practise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
25	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	26	det	_	_
26	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** | past | which earlier animal | a new shape |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus |
| 3 | **run** | gerund | which earlier animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **hop** | gerund |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **practise** | past · do-support | this two |  |  |  | night |  | 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 {#o1}

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Leopard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t10:o1:1
# text = Leopard
1	Leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Crab, who scuttled into the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t10:o2:1
# text = The Crab, who scuttled into the sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	scuttled	scuttle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scuttle** | past | the Crab |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rhinoceros

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t10:o3:1
# text = Rhinoceros
1	Rhinoceros	Rhinoceros	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Old Man Kangaroo, chased by Yellow-Dog Dingo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t10:o4:1
# text = Old Man Kangaroo, chased by Yellow-Dog Dingo
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
3	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Dingo	Dingo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | participle |  | Old Man Kangaroo *not said here* |  |  |  | by Dog Dingo | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by dingo=Trajectory |

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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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