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title: In a cartoon a snake wraps a hero and you hear his bones crack like… — Amazon giants and tall tales: anaconda… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a snake wraps a hero and you hear his bones crack like twigs. What is true for anacondas? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric…

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In a cartoon a snake wraps a hero and you hear his bones crack like twigs. What is true for anacondas?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snake, you, bones · **What happens:** wrap, hear, crack, be · **To what, where:** hero, cartoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» 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/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a snake wraps a hero and you hear his bones crack like twigs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a snake wraps a hero and you hear his bones crack like twigs.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wraps	wrap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	crack	crack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	twigs	twig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | present | a snake | a hero |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hero=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
| 2 | **hear** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **crack** | present | snake's bones |  |  |  |  | like twigs | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true for anacondas?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t2:2
# text = What is true for anacondas?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	anacondas	anaconda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Anacondas never squeeze; they swallow animals while they are still kicking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t2:o1:1
# text = Anacondas never squeeze; they swallow animals while they are still kicking
1	Anacondas	anaconda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	kicking	kick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **squeeze** | present | Anacondas |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **swallow** | present | Anacondas *= anaconda* | animals |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |
| 3 | **kick** | present · progressive | Anacondas *= anaconda* |  |  |  | still |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Exactly what anacondas do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t2:o2:1
# text = Exactly what anacondas do
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	anacondas	anaconda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Anacondas only bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t2:o3:1
# text = Anacondas only bite
1	Anacondas	anaconda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | Anacondas |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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

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They squeeze until blood stops flowing, not by cracking bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t2:o4:1
# text = They squeeze until blood stops flowing, not by cracking bones
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
11	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | present | blood |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **flow** | gerund | blood *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **crack** | gerund | blood *not said here* | bones |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bone=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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