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title: Why do tall tales about wild animals spread so easily? — Wild animals and tall tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do tall tales about wild animals spread so easily? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Wild animals and tall tales

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Why do tall tales about wild animals spread so easily?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tall tales · **What happens:** do, spread

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» 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/8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t11:1
# text = Why do tall tales about wild animals spread so easily?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | tall tales about wild animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spread** | present | tall tales about wild animals |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Scientists invent them to test children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t11:o1:1
# text = Scientists invent them to test children
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invent	invent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | present | Scientists | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Result |
| 2 | **test** | to-infinitive | Scientists *not said here* | children |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Old books are always accurate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t11:o2:1
# text = Old books are always accurate
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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We see wild animals from far away or in films, and a good story beats a dull truth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t11:o3:1
# text = We see wild animals from far away or in films, and a good story beats a dull truth
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	beats	beat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | We | wild animals |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus |
| 2 | **beat** | present | a good story | a dull truth |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location truth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Animals behave differently on different days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t11:o4:1
# text = Animals behave differently on different days
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	behave	behave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present | Animals |  |  |  | day | differently *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

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