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title: In a film, a bullfighter swaps the red cape for a blue one and the b… — Pets and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a bullfighter swaps the red cape for a blue one and the bull stands still, bored. What's wrong? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 7 «Pets and farm animals» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Pets and farm animals

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In a film, a bullfighter swaps the red cape for a blue one and the bull stands still, bored. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bullfighter, bull · **What happens:** swap, stand, be · **To what, where:** red cape, film

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 7 «Pets and farm animals» of the myths 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a bullfighter swaps the red cape for a blue one and the bull stands still, bored.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t2:1
# text = In a film, a bullfighter swaps the red cape for a blue one and the bull stands still, bored.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bullfighter	bullfighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swaps	swap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	still	still	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | present | a bullfighter | the red cape |  | a film |  | for a blue one | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent cape=Theme for one=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | present | the bull |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t2:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bull would charge harder at blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t2:o1:1
# text = The bull would charge harder at blue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | would | the bull |  |  | blue |  | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at blue=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bulls run away from blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t2:o2:1
# text = Bulls run away from blue
1	Bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | present | Bulls |  |  | blue |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from blue=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nothing would happen, because bulls only ever hate the colour red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing would happen, because bulls only ever hate the colour red
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hate** | infinitive | bulls | colour red |  |  | ever |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus |

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

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The bull would still charge, because it reacts to movement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t2:o4:1
# text = The bull would still charge, because it reacts to movement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	reacts	react	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | would | the bull |  |  |  | still |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **react** | present | it |  |  |  |  | to movement | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to movement=Theme |

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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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