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title: «cut a worm in half, now I got two pets» What is right? — More animal myths: red rags, camel hum… · tree and pragmatics
description: «cut a worm in half, now I got two pets» What is right? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

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«cut a worm in half, now I got two pets» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** cut, get, be · **To what, where:** worm, half, two pets · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» 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/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t7:1
# text = «cut a worm in half, now I got two pets» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a worm |  | half |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | I | two pets |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pet=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, at best the front half survives and regrows a tail; usually the back half dies

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t7:o1:1
# text = No, at best the front half survives and regrows a tail; usually the back half dies
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	nsubj	_	_
8	survives	survive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	regrows	regrow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
14	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	18	nsubj	_	_
18	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | present | the front half |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **regrow** | present | the front half *not said here* | a tail |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **die** | present | the back half |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, worms do it on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, worms do it on purpose
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | worms | it |  | purpose |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and both halves grow new heads and go on living as two worms

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, and both halves grow new heads and go on living as two worms
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | both halves | new heads |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme |
| 2 | **go on** | present | both halves *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as two worms; living *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, two worms for one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, two worms for one
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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